I use CO2 and this valve. It works awesomely well:
https://www.amazon.com/Portland-Desig...d+shiny+object

Most of the guys I ride with use this one.

Heckuva deal.

Plus you can control air flow into the tire better with the dial.

Fills to 110 psi easily.

You aren't into either alternative suggestions or raising the generality of the discussion, are you?

Okay, about bags to hide a pump, - not knowledgeable, not interested, but I can do Internet searches to see what is available. I'm sure that wasn't any more helpful. Sorry.

+1 Jim.

Makes me wonder why I bother to post some days.

You could always hind the mini pump in your cycling shorts. It would probably an improvement.

+1 Takes a little more hand strength than the old Zefal, but they do the job and fit in all my saddlebags.

You can buy those online, they really work...er I've heard

Dual use.

My default for dependable "full size" frame pumps would be Zefal HP or HPX. Always dependable with positive pumping feel to full pressure where some pumps feel kinda wonky when over 100PSI. I never ever wore out Zefals, plastic or metal bodied ones, even after years of using them not just on my bikes, but for anything in the house or car tires that needs inflating or topping up. None of them ever wore out or broke on me. They just get lost or "borrowed" permanently by other people......I still hope I'll run into those I lost (about three of them) in some dusty, forgotten corner of the house hiding together with orphan socks from the wash......I also miss my plastic Zefal floor pump that my nephew finally wore out last year after over 20 years of use.

Chombi

Thanks for the advice. I just ordered the Topeak Road MasterBlaster from JensenUSA for 14.99. Their site just shows S/M/L, so I ordered a Medium for my 56cm frames...when the order is confirmed, the printout shows the Medium is for 49-56cm, so I called them and switched to a Large. No problem. I figured $15 is worth a little risk.

The irony is that I used to hate frame pumps, and ended up with 5 or 6 that I gave away, all at once, to a BF member. At least one was a metal Zefal.

I'd like to paint to match, but the silver/grey already matches pretty well where I'm going to use it.
If I end up going flat black on my present project, I'll get another and paint it to match.

I may surf a bit to find a better one, if they don't work out.

Anyone tried one of these SKS SuperShort mini pumps?

www.rivbike.com/product-p/pu3.htm

+1 A guy at the LBS suggested it to me about 3 years back and I love it. That's not to say that I don't like to have a frame pump on a bike that has pegs and a nice pump available, but not all my bikes have pegs so I use CO2 in its place.

I carry around CO2, but I have never used it. I usually just ask another cyclist if I can borrow their pump. I have a frame pump on 2 of my bikes and my girlfriend has a pump mounted via cage bosses.

Those cartridges, IMO, are pretty wasteful. I bought mine when I was a budding cyclist thinking that "less = better", but now realize how silly that is in the scheme of things.

You're on a roll today Velognome! iab has stated in the forums that a good BM affects his ride in a positive way...

How is is that CO2 cartridges are wasteful? Once they're empty, you place them in the recycling bin. At least that's what I do.

As do I.

It really bugs me though when I see them on the side of the trail when discarded.

That's not ok.

if this is the case i don't want to play with you guys

Labor, cost, and materials for putting a tiny amount of air into a metal capsule. You can recycle paper, but that doesn't mean trees don't get hurt. I'm all for pumps even if they do look ugly on a Pinarello Prince; they are self-sustaining one-time investments

Sorry, I didn't mean/don't want to start a green battle here.

Thanks for all the suggestions.


I was planning to give my girlfriend a good frame pump for Christmas.

I love the idea of buying a pump made in Germany instead of China, HOWEVER Rivbike (who is usually very thorough in their product description) tellingly fails to specify the maximum PSI attainable with that pump.

I'll bet you were.

Maybe you'll have better luck on her birthday.

That's the vintage Odyssey Aerator pump seatpost, circa 1990. I've got one in 26.8mm. I was debating fashioning a clear polycarbonate telescoping tube to to slide over it, such that it could serve double-duty as a frame-pump and a "killer" baton/weapon (once you also cut off the clamps.)

Then I came across the more modern era Biologic Postpump -- same seatpost/floor pump general concept -- in 33.9mm and 580mm length, which will make quite a baton (!) without much modification, though you'd have to a) ride a large frame and b) create special pump-pegs to use it as a frame-pump. The 33.9 Postpump 2.0 even received a Red Dot design award (though in the realm of cycling products design awards not infrequently go to some of the dumbest dead-end products.)

Biologic also makes a 31.6 and 27.2 Postpump, about 350mm length.

Sounds more like an anniversary type gift to me.

I'm so glad you guys liked my joke!



It's a great any-time gift.


Okay, sorry. back on-topic.