Need to buy Air Pump - Help
03-19-06, 10:26 AM
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Need a floor model air pump - Any suggestions on brand?
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03-19-06, 10:41 AM
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Thin racing tires need a higher pressure = narrow pump. Fat tires need fatter pumps that give larger volumes at lower pressures. If a local library has back issues of BICYCLING I would start there. For the price of some high end pumps you could get a motorized pump at an auto parts store and save the effort. When my old schrader floor pump hose wore out my LBS sold me a replacement hose with a head that handles both Presta and Schrader valves and threw in two hose clamps.
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I like my Serfas FP50
Anything over $30 will probably work fine, unless you have some crazy tubular tires that need ridiculous pressures. Just about all pumps nowadays handle presta/schrader.
Anything over $30 will probably work fine, unless you have some crazy tubular tires that need ridiculous pressures. Just about all pumps nowadays handle presta/schrader.
03-19-06, 02:10 PM
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Do check presta/schrader valve type before you buy, most will handle both.
My choice has been Blackburn for both floor and frame-fit pumps. They do the job and I don't spend any time thinking about them.
My choice has been Blackburn for both floor and frame-fit pumps. They do the job and I don't spend any time thinking about them.
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+1 on the Serfas. Mine is an Airbones however.
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Originally Posted by pennywishbone
Need a floor model air pump - Any suggestions on brand?
Park PFP-3 Floor Pump
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2006 Gary Fisher Marlin MTB
2004 Salsa LaRaza aka "Mmmm, Blue Salsa" (853 steel is real, baby!)
2003 Kona Humu Humu Nuka Nuka Apua'A Singlespeed - Gone, but not forgotten
1998 Diamondback Outlook MTB
1990 Centurion Cavaletto 'Gaspipe Beater' Roadie
1978 Volkscycle 'Frankenbike' CroMo Tourer
