How nice is your floor pump?
05-09-10, 07:21 AM
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I am going to order a Bio-logic seatpost/pump for on the bike.
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05-09-10, 08:36 AM
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I don't keep a floor pump at work, but at home I have a Topeak JB Pro. I like it better than the Sport model for a few reasons:
- Longer hose
- Auto adjusting chuck for Presta or Schrader
- Top mounted gauge is easy to read
- Blow-off valve; if you over-inflate, you press a button to let off some pressure.
- Longer hose
- Auto adjusting chuck for Presta or Schrader
- Top mounted gauge is easy to read
- Blow-off valve; if you over-inflate, you press a button to let off some pressure.
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05-09-10, 10:35 AM
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I have a Blackburn pump that I think I paid about $25 for three years ago. It handles both valve types and I haven't had any problems with it. Heck my girlfriend has a 10 dollar Walmart hand pump and that works just fine too.
05-09-10, 11:16 AM
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It is a 30year old rusty piece of crap my buddy was going to throw in the scrap bin at work (but it works). I hardly use it because I have a 11cfm at 90psi 2 stage 220v compressor in my shop. 
05-09-10, 11:17 AM
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After using cheap dept. store pumps, finally splurged on the Lezyne Floor Drive. Works great, although I sometimes have difficulty getting the Presta valve on. Now I need a frame pump.
05-09-10, 06:01 PM
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I have a Joe Blow Sport floor pump. It was on sale at Performance and it comes apart so you can replace parts and lube. After reading and research, I bought a Lezyne 8" frame pump that has the flexible tubing which will hopefully mean I don't snap off valve stems. I haven't had to use it yet.
05-09-10, 06:45 PM
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05-09-10, 06:58 PM
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I was able to snag a beautiful Made in Germany portable floor pump with pressure gauge that straps to my bike - it's a great value too b/c the bag that comes with your pump has enough extra space to store a cell phone or snickers bar.
05-09-10, 07:00 PM
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I must be the Dr. Kevorkian of the floor pump world... I've had many over the years - and most have died. The best pump I've ever owned is a recent purchase: The Lezyne Alloy Floor Drive. Very well built; pumps to high psi with relative ease; has the best chuck I've ever used.
Get one. You'll smile.
Get one. You'll smile.
05-09-10, 07:06 PM
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I have a specialized from 6 years back, called the pro i think. Anyways it was fifty bucks but way worth it. It is indestructible.
05-09-10, 08:00 PM
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Thats a healthy compressor to do 11 CFM at 160 psi. This at home or business?
I use to work at a specialty printing company that used pneumatic transfer pad printers. They had a 50hp Screw with a line dryer to match to run 15 printers. It still cycled with all 15 going full boar.
I use to work at a specialty printing company that used pneumatic transfer pad printers. They had a 50hp Screw with a line dryer to match to run 15 printers. It still cycled with all 15 going full boar.
05-09-10, 11:05 PM
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I'm really surprised with all the good reviews for the Joe Blow Sports pump. I tried one of those a month ago to use as an offsite pump and had nothing but problems with it.
Returned it at Performance and for $5 bucks more, picked up a Hurricane Team HP with a nozzle that handles both Presta and Schrader valves. It also comes with a bleed button to adjust tire pressure without removing the nozzle. For $29, on sale, it works just as well as my primary $70 floor pump.
Returned it at Performance and for $5 bucks more, picked up a Hurricane Team HP with a nozzle that handles both Presta and Schrader valves. It also comes with a bleed button to adjust tire pressure without removing the nozzle. For $29, on sale, it works just as well as my primary $70 floor pump.
05-10-10, 03:24 AM
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I have a SKS Renncompressor. It's a nice pump with lifetime warranty but I hesitate to recommend them because they are very difficult to contact if you ever need to get parts. The chuck on the pump broke and they did sent me an entire hose with new chuck but it wasn't easy to contact them.
05-10-10, 08:08 AM
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I like my pump at home. It serves me well and is serviceable if anything ever breaks, which has yet to happen. Guage works well, too.
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05-10-10, 10:00 AM
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I bought a new Joe Blow at performance. Had trouble with chuck on the specialized presta tube. First, it did not slipped in as if the valve diameter was too big. Then on another tube it did not push the valve open because that tube was a shorter length. My Serfa worked on both tube with no issue.
05-10-10, 10:11 AM
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Had problems with Wrench Force and Blackburn dual valve floor pumps. Intermittent problem with air escaping out the unused valve. The head needed a good smack on the garage floor to seal the valve.
Good results with the Bontrager. Has an accurate gage.
Good results with the Bontrager. Has an accurate gage.
05-10-10, 10:26 AM
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+1 for the Joe Blow Sport. It's nice enough that I never wish it was better. It's rebuildable too!
05-10-10, 10:43 AM
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Happy with the Nashbar white that I picked up for ~$11 on sale. Does the job keeping my road bike tires topped off for the ride home.
05-10-10, 12:50 PM
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I just have the next brand. I think I picked it up at wally world. It has worked for quite a few years.
05-10-10, 01:17 PM
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Joe Blow Sport. This is the best pump, I have gotten friends to buy it, and almost bought a second for my girlfriend. Stand up good, strong, good hand grips, and easy to read gauge with movable arrow pointer.
05-11-10, 10:28 AM
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We have several different kinds at the shop and I always reach for the PlanetBike STX floor pump over the JoeBlow, ParkTool, Lezyne and Serfas. The PlanetBike's gauge is accurate, the autovalve head is dependable yet rebuildable and doesn't allow even the slightest leak when disconnecting from the tube.
That's why I have one at home as well.
That's why I have one at home as well.
05-11-10, 10:51 AM
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05-11-10, 11:12 AM
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I have a Bell pump that sucks (which is really unattractive when trying to *fill* the tires) at work and a really nice Silca at home that I love. Got it cheap, ~$40. Oh yes and then I put a topeak smarthead onto it so I can lock it onto any size valve and it works. The head the silca came with is beyond retrogrouchy.