Originally Posted by Trakhak

I'm 5' 8" and 120-ish pounds and have pipe-stem arms. I have Crank Bros. Gem minipumps mounted on all of my bikes. There's a switch at the bottom of the pump barrel that lets you choose high volume or high pressure. I get the tire up to about 40 psi using the high-volume setting and then switch to the other setting to reach full pressure.