Air Compressor or Floor Pump
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Air Compressor or Floor Pump
Postby AndrewJames » Tue Sep 02, 2014 2:14 am
What would be better? a relatively cheap air compressor from a motor parts store? 2hp? or a floor pump, i see good reviews of the Lezyne Steel Floor Drive pump.
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Re: Air Compressor or Floor Pump
Postby TonyMax » Wed Sep 03, 2014 3:01 pm
Easy for me to comment as I have both.
As stated, compressors have other uses, and floor pumps often have both Presta/Schraeder valve attachments as standard.
Swings and roundabouts.
You don't have to spend a fortune on a floor pump, the one I have carries the brand of the bike shop where I bought my bike.
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Postby Jean » Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:11 am
120psi is a bit keen anyway. Something in the 90-100psi range is quite adequate and unlikely to expand to the point of explosion on a hot day.Xplora wrote:And never pump up your tyres the night before the ride... we're coming into the months where it is 10 degrees at night and 25 by 9am. A mate blew a tube after pumping to 120psi and it just got too hot the day after.
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Postby RonK » Thu Sep 04, 2014 12:18 pm
Clinchers - I'm not a masochist.Oxford wrote:Tubs or clinchers, clinchers will blow more easily than tubs, tubs are designed for very high pressures. Clinchers have many potential points of failure.RonK wrote:Poppycock - I have inflated my tyres (and raced on them) up to 160 PSI without failure. It's quite common practice to do this in time trials.
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Air Compressor or Floor Pump
Postby Dr_Mutley » Thu Sep 04, 2014 2:19 pm
OP: grab yourself a midrange floor pump... It takes less than a minute to inflate a road tyre with one, so compressors are a bit OTT really...,
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Re: Air Compressor or Floor Pump
Postby eeksll » Thu Sep 04, 2014 10:38 pm
I initially looked into it because I wanted to get one for the car, I am really bad with that, its always "ahhh another time".
with the commuter bike I do sometimes push it out to a month for the same reason as above (it has fat-ish tyres). The road bike no chance, latex tubes mean every ride.
with the roadie and group rides, I do pump it up the night before than set to the right pressure with a electronic gauge in the morning. One less thing to do before i can head out.
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Postby Xplora » Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:04 am
That said, I have Topeak to be a bit gimmicky so I am undecided about the reality of such a device
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Re: Air Compressor or Floor Pump
Postby BaldPatch » Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:17 pm
I have a Serfas that was more than adequate to convert my MTB to Tubeless, most recommendations are to use a compressor or C02 for that job.
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