First: I never go above 70 psi (and rarely go above 60 psi). So my thoughts on pumps may be useless to you.
But I've had success only with pumps from Lezyne. All of the others I've tried have either *never* worked or were always finicky or worked for a short while before I somehow wore them out (with <6 inflations). Seriously. It was very frustrating. One of these was a floor pump. The others (4 or 5) were all minis. I'm not even sure which brands they were; but they were all brands I'd heard of. Topeak and Zefal for sure. After so much hassle, I was about to try a frame pump (and figure out how to prevent it from being stolen; I'd already lost one pump that was on my frame to theft) when I decided to give the Lezyne Pressure Drive Mini M a try. Saw it on VO's site, I think. It looked purty. It worked perfectly the first time I used it and every time since. Sure, I assume a frame pump or a floor pump can fill a tire from empty way faster and way easier than my Lezyne. But I can put the Lezyne in a Keven's bag or a TrunkSack small. And it will fill a tire from completely empty to 70 psi in a reasonable amount of time with reasonable effort. And, though I've used it dozens of times for empty- to-full inflations when arranging new wheels (went through a lot of wheels before I ponied up and got some real good ones) or unanticipated new tires (Paselas treated me badly), I've now kind of settled on a tire/wheel set-up that allows me to basically use it only when I fix flats or seasonal tire change (low-down bike goes from normal to studded tires) or when I replace worn tires in the normal course of events. Not very often, in other words. Having to use it will never be a reason not to ride. I've since gotten and used both the Pressure Drive Mini S (smaller; fits even more easily in Keven's Bag-sized bags) and the Micro Floor Drive (which is all the floor pump I've ever going to need). They both work extremely well, though admittedly the Pressure Drive Mini S makes it somewhat harder/slower to bring a 40-622 tire from empty to 60psi. If I know I need to do a flat-to-empty, I'll look for the Mini M or the Floor Drive for a few minutes before doing it with the Mini S. But only a few minutes. Even with the Mini S, it's not *that* big a deal. And *always* having a pump to top off a tire when the temp drops 25 degrees during the day while my bike sits outside... that's a *very* nice-to-have. Oh, and they have rebuild kits. I've taken the Mini M apart a couple of times (purrely curiousity) and gave it newly lubricated gaskets just for grins. It was easy to disassemble/re-assemble. Good stuff, IMO. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Dec 20, 9:33 am, "Scott G." <sco...@primax.com> wrote: > I have the Leyzne Micro Floor Drive, it works well, but it is still > slower than a frame pump. > > Using the Demetri method I can quickly explode a tube with a Blackburn > frame pump. > I can fit the XL size pumps on my bikes, so the Leyzne is at a > greater disadvantage, > 50cm frame rider might as well get the Leynze. I carry a Topeak > Mountain Morph > on tour, for daily top ups. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
