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Old 07-14-23 | 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Jumpski
You can’t go wrong with the Lezyne
Plus at least one. I have had a lot of pumps, most of which I sent back because either the number of strokes was too high, some upwards of 500! Most was because they could not pump my tires to even 70 pounds, and that took a huge effort, not to mention the 500 stroke range.

Topeak Race Rocket HP, and the Lezyne Road Drive long version, both do great but the Lezyne does it about 50 strokes less, and with a bit less effort.

With any mini pump size matters, those tiny little pumps will be lucky to get to 50 psi while doing so at around 500 strokes.

There was an article done by Velo on 45 different pumps, all the pumps they tested did not pass or did so marginally, but what they said was the two pumps I listed, and I own both of them, were the best. That article is no longer avail on Velo though. Don't trust YouTube on pump testing, those dopes won't test to standard road pressure, if they test it all, they won't show you how the pumping went so you can find out how many strokes it took, or see the pain in their faces as they try to get the pump up to the tire pressure. No pump will reach their acclaimed 160 psi or whatever is on the box, not even Lezyne! Not sure how they get those figures, but it wasn't by human strength. I've had pumps split their internals, or blow the end caps off from trying to get near 90 and they were rated for 160! I've sent back about 15 pumps that failed either in getting anywhere near the desire pressure or blowing apart over the years, and only kept the Lezyne and the Topeak. I do have an old SKS carbon race rocket, that thing takes quite a bit of effort and strokes to get to 90, but it will do it, but it is very tiring and painful, plus the pump body gets very hot, carbon fiber cannot dissipate the heat like other materials, so it just builds and builds from the friction.
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