Better portable bike pump?
08-22-25 | 08:23 AM
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08-22-25 | 08:45 AM
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Facts just confuse people
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If we are just posting links with no opinion or discussion....
https://shop.dynaplug.com/products/d...40876433834077
https://www.crankbrothers.com/collec...g-kit-co2-head
https://shop.dynaplug.com/products/d...40876433834077
https://www.crankbrothers.com/collec...g-kit-co2-head
08-22-25 | 09:19 AM
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08-22-25 | 12:54 PM
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My impression is that people aren't really trusting the little electric pumps very much yet. At least there doesn't seem to be a stampede.
It feels different to me than other rechargeable electronic things because I'm not charging it all the time. All the electronic things I use (lights mainly) remind me to recharge or they don't work. But with tubeless sealant I very rarely get punctures out on the road. The e-pump might sit in my bag for a few years before I need it. And then what are the odds?
Maybe the guys doing the ultralight poly film tubes in road bikes have a different take because it seems like that's going back to the world of frequent flats in the name of a sweeter ride, and those are the same guys who will very likely have a lot of other electronics
It feels different to me than other rechargeable electronic things because I'm not charging it all the time. All the electronic things I use (lights mainly) remind me to recharge or they don't work. But with tubeless sealant I very rarely get punctures out on the road. The e-pump might sit in my bag for a few years before I need it. And then what are the odds?
Maybe the guys doing the ultralight poly film tubes in road bikes have a different take because it seems like that's going back to the world of frequent flats in the name of a sweeter ride, and those are the same guys who will very likely have a lot of other electronics
08-22-25 | 02:12 PM
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08-22-25 | 02:19 PM
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The volume vs pressure issue reminds me of the time I saw an out-of-luck MTBer on a remote section of the Arizona Trail trying to inflate his tubeless tire with his shock pump! He was about 50 miles from the end of the 800-mile trip and that was his first flat. He was fairly close to a trailhead where he could hitch to town, at least.
08-22-25 | 02:38 PM
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My impression is that people aren't really trusting the little electric pumps very much yet. At least there doesn't seem to be a stampede.
It feels different to me than other rechargeable electronic things because I'm not charging it all the time. All the electronic things I use (lights mainly) remind me to recharge or they don't work. But with tubeless sealant I very rarely get punctures out on the road. The e-pump might sit in my bag for a few years before I need it. And then what are the odds?
It feels different to me than other rechargeable electronic things because I'm not charging it all the time. All the electronic things I use (lights mainly) remind me to recharge or they don't work. But with tubeless sealant I very rarely get punctures out on the road. The e-pump might sit in my bag for a few years before I need it. And then what are the odds?
08-22-25 | 04:56 PM
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Well, I’ve done that enough times I carry sealant. But usually the bike will warn me if the tires are soft after a few days off
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08-22-25 | 05:59 PM
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If we are just posting links with no opinion or discussion....
https://shop.dynaplug.com/products/d...40876433834077
https://www.crankbrothers.com/collec...g-kit-co2-head
https://shop.dynaplug.com/products/d...40876433834077
https://www.crankbrothers.com/collec...g-kit-co2-head
I concur with your first link. Never needed the second though. Actually that’s not true. Once burped a TL on a massive pothole at the edge of a cattle grid and couldn’t get the bead back on the shelf. Had to put a tube in. Maybe a co2 cannister would have worked.
