Spec me a decent bike foot pump

Kingdom34

Kingdom34

Kingdom34

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Hi All

Looking for a decent pump/foot pump for my racing bike....i have a hand held one but it doesnt seem to work too well...neighbour has a decent old school foot pump but i dont want to keep asking to borrow it.

Not too expensive please but a decent sturdy one

Many Thanks
 
Track pump is the way forward.
The gauges on the cheaper ones are a bit hit and miss, I've got a £9.99 track pump and tje guage doesn't work, but the pump itself is great.
But I've also got a topeak d2 digital guage which is an awesome tool.
 
i find when family visit can never find a decent pump that does car type valves also , end up in padstow with a flat and a crappy pump where the little rubber seal has disintegrated , had lidl and ebay ones but never found a reliable one
 
moon man said:
how do you guys deal with punctures without a pump ?
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At the risk of cursing myself - I'm actually yet to have a puncture since switching to Gatorskin tyres. But even before that I had only had 2 - a pinch flat a mile from home, and a tyre deformation that was still rideable. I only do ~1000 miles/year at a guess though.

If I was going on any kind of long distance or event, then I would get a CO2 inflator or even a pump/co2 combo such as:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-hybrid-co2-mini-pump-race/



schizo said:
I also recommend what frenchtart said,awesome pumps for getting loads of pressure in those tires.
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Not sure I am a tart or french! :)
 
Armageus said:
Any specific reason for a foot pump? For bikes a track pump is generally a better option, much easier (especially for higher road bike tyre pressures)

e.g. something like:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-essential-track-pump/


or if you want to pop into your local halfords:
http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bik...mps/halfords-metal-track-bike-pump-with-gauge

(I have had one of those for nearly 5 years with no issues - seems very well made)
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Sorry all this is what i meant...basically i have a little hand held one i bought with the bike which was £30 through the cycle to work scheme...it has a changeable valve option but for the life of me, i cant get it to pump up my road bike tyre...they have different valves dont they? (see how clueless i am :-()
 
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/topeak-joe-blow-sport-ii-track-pump/

This is the one I have now. Unsure on quality of the lifeline so I cannot comment on it. I had a cheap track pump before the Joe Blow and at high pressure the handle wasn't sturdy enough and the pump nowhere near as smooth as the one I have now.

I have a metal bodied mini pump I carry around to sort punctures. I can usually get decent PSI into a tyre with that, just an extra workout :D
 
Kingdom34 said:
Sorry all this is what i meant...basically i have a little hand held one i bought with the bike which was £30 through the cycle to work scheme...it has a changeable valve option but for the life of me, i cant get it to pump up my road bike tyre...they have different valves dont they? (see how clueless i am :-()
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It might be that to change between valve types, you need to unscrew and reverse the little rubber /plastic assembly inside the pump head.
 
I took the 'buy cheap buy twice' approach and got an SKS Rennkompressor.

It's made of steel and cast iron and every component is available as a spare. Had it many years and expect it to last pretty much indefinitely. Got nothing to compare the pressure gauge against but it seems fine.
 
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