+1 Lezyne mini-pumps All of the Lezyne mini-pumps I've used have a hose, which makes all the difference in the world, IMHO.
I don't think I got more than 2 or 3 uses out of the 3 or 4 different mini-pumps I tried before they started to leak badly or simply fell apart. Then I started using Lezyne's Pressure Drive M. Since then, I've used nothing but Lezyne portable pumps for everything, including inflating from empty. I've had only one problem (see below) I have the Micro-Floor pump (from Wiggle, I think), the Pressure Drive M, available from VO last I looked, and the Pressure Drive S, which I believe I got from AEBike (M=medium, S=small). The Micro-Floor and the Pressure Drive M come with or without a built-in guage in the hose. The M is a tight fit in the Keven's/SaddleSack XS/Brand V Saddlebags. That's why I got a Pressure Drive S too. But the M fits fine in a Bar Tube / Candy Bar / Hobo or Li' Loafer/TrunkSack Small. The only problem I've ever had with any of them is that a few times with the Micro-Floor pump I accidentally removed the Presta valve core when trying to remove the pump from the tire. Being careful, I could completely avoid this. But I never give it a thought on the two Pressure Drive pumps. And, on the tubes I use now, I have since red- loctite'd the valve cores in place (don't care about their removability anyway) and have never had a problem after that. Though it was never a problem with the Pressure Drive pumps, it may still be that the problem was really with the user and/or the tube as much as the Micro-Floor pump. The M is easy in use and convenient to start using. The Micro-Floor pump is *very* easy in use but, interestingly, kind of a pain to get started (if it is stowed, you have to unscrew the head from its base, and that is pretty tedious). The S is a little uncomfortable to use compared to the others. But basically, if I'm just adding a little air, the S or M are perfectly fine. If I'm going to pump a tire up from flat (700x35-38) then I'll grab the Micro-Floor pump or the Pressure Drive M if either's at hand but I'm okay with the Pressure Drive S if they're not. I've wondered about the Lezyne line's other offerings (Road drive, Alloy drive) but am happy enough with my Pressure Drives that I haven't bothered to look at the others. Except I like the cosmetics of the Road drive... and I think there's an alloy bottle-cage bracket for it. Which would certainly be more attractive than the black plastic ones. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Apr 19, 12:59 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Better than cartridges is the appropriate Lezyne minipump with hose > (they come in, I think, 3 models from 6" to 8" long, all with hoses > and designed for hp, low volume, middle and lp, high volume. I use one > model happily for my 571X23 mm Contis (it fits in a Jandd mini wedge) > and the fat one for my huge 722X60 mm Big Apples (about 8" long so > fits easily in my bar bag). I do use nice PB frame pumps (better than > Zefals, IMO) on my Riv commuter and Motobecane errand bikes. > > Apart from that, two tubes plus mini patch kit for each bike even > though I don't ride more than 20 miles from home: goatheads, y'know. > > > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 6:15 AM, islaysteve <alkire...@verizon.net> wrote: > > > Wow, Thanks for all of the kind responses and good info. I guess I'll > > have to rethink my ideas about weight and tools! Seriously, I will > > carry enough to change or patch the tube and do many other repairs > > (adjustments). Right now my rides are so ridiculously close to home > > that it won't matter much. Right now I have rather bulky CO2 inflator > > that uses the smaller cartridges, and I carry two cartridges. Should > > I look to get one that uses the larger carts; and if so, do you have > > any recommendations on which one? Or put another way, would I need > > two of the smaller carts to adequately fill a Nifty Swifty? (33 mm). > > > I appreciate the history behind naming the bike. That's the kind of > > info that I was hoping to get here. I haven't been a Reader reader > > for long, so I'd have to do quite a bit of combing through them find > > out this kind of stuff. Not to mention buying the CD. But these > > comments make me look a bit more kindly on the graphics. > > > -- > > 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-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com -- 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-bunch@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.
