Track pumps

[timdownieuk]

Maybe too well known generally to be worth a mention but for anyone who *hasn't* got a track pump (and if you're at all serious about cycling you should get one), this one from Wiggle is a fantastic bargain.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-essential-track-pump/?lang=en&curr=GBP&dest=1&utm_source=pla&utm_medium=base&utm_campaign=uk&kpid=5360530834

The quality is fantastic and at the price (£12.99 with free postage) almost unbelievable.

No connection with wiggle, just so pleased with mine I bought another for the motorhome.

Tim

[ANTONISH]

I use a Zefal HPX frame fit pump. Inflates to 130 psi so not being a track rider I don't need a track pump for pressure.
Also I have the pump with me when I need it

[timdownieuk]

I use a Zefal HPX frame fit pump. Inflates to 130 psi so not being a track rider I don't need a track pump for pressure.
Also I have the pump with me when I need it

I have a good frame pump too but for quickly and easily topping your tyres up, a good track pump way out performs a frame pump and makes keeping tyres topped up a pleasure rather than a chore.

Tim

[HaroldBriercliffe]

I bought the track pump that had the most recommendations on Amazon as the pressure gauge on my car foot pump isn't to be trusted
Cost about £11 plus postage.
Absolutely brilliant it is effortless to operate and does the job nicely.

[MikeF]

just so pleased with mine I bought another for the motorhome.

Tim

Yes, agreed, they are also good for topping up car tyres etc IIRC old cars were supplied with track pumps rather than foot pumps.

[niggle]

Yes, agreed, they are also good for topping up car tyres etc IIRC old cars were supplied with track pumps rather than foot pumps.

My dad bought a Moskvitch new in the early 1970s which came with a 'track' style pump with a screw on connector. The car was sold a couple of years later and no doubt scrapped before the decade was out, but the pump lives on in his garage giving dependable service to this day.

[reohn2]

I have a good frame pump too but for quickly and easily topping your tyres up, a good track pump way out performs a frame pump and makes keeping tyres topped up a pleasure rather than a chore.

Tim

Yep,agreed.
Topeak JoeBlow Sport(on recommendation from Gaz of this parish,Thanks Gaz )the absolute bees knees,for £20,I've had it for about five years now,it never fails to impress
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/tope ... -prod39688
They've gone up in price a bit,now £28

[Vetus Ossa]

I have had my Topeak JoeBlow track pump for about five years also, and it has pumped up an awful lot of tyres effortlessly in that time. I replaced the innards with their head rebuild kit this week, and at £1.70 something, I’m not complaining.

[iandriver]

+1 form the joeBlow. The longevity of mine has made it worth every penny.

[HaroldBriercliffe]

Yes, agreed, they are also good for topping up car tyres etc IIRC old cars were supplied with track pumps rather than foot pumps.

My dad bought a Moskvitch new in the early 1970s which came with a 'track' style pump with a screw on connector. The car was sold a couple of years later and no doubt scrapped before the decade was out, but the pump lives on in his garage giving dependable service to this day.

I had a series of Ladas up to the last Riva( cheapskate masochist), each model came with a massive toolkit as standard including a bombproof 'stirrup' track pump plus a separate pressure gauge.

[yostumpy]

track pump V Zefal hpx.....hmm. I have both, and use both. Cheap and cheerful Decathlon one. If I'm on a ride and I get a flat, yes I use the HPX, but more often than not , a tyre deflates over night, due to a....visitation, and then its so much easier to swap tube and pump up with the track pump, espescially as mine has a gauge with a moveable bright orange marker, that I can set to 90psi, so when I have forgotten my glasses, I can pump up easily to the right pressure, without squinting.

[OnYourRight]

What do we think of the SKS Rennkompressor? Looks like the Rolls-Royce of pumps. Claimed to go up to 230 PSI. I’ve seen these around for as long as I can remember but never quite got around to buying one. Pricey.

[pete75]

What do we think of the SKS Rennkompressor? Looks like the Rolls-Royce of pumps. Claimed to go up to 230 PSI. I’ve seen these around for as long as I can remember but never quite got around to buying one. Pricey.

A bit overpriced at 50 odd quid when you can get one of these for 70 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COBRA-AIR-TOO ... 4ad52ca1c7

[timdownieuk]

What do we think of the SKS Rennkompressor? Looks like the Rolls-Royce of pumps. Claimed to go up to 230 PSI. I’ve seen these around for as long as I can remember but never quite got around to buying one. Pricey.

Who uses 230 psi? Surely a gauge calibrated up to that level is going to be less clear than one calibrated up to 120 say.

I note that the Manchester velodrome stipulates 119 psi (which seems a very odd number unless regulation forbid pressures over 120).

http://www2.nationalcyclingcentre.com/documents/Track%20bike%20specification.pdf

[PT1029]

Renn compressor, yes but surely you mean only up to 230psi, my SKS base camp goes up to 260psi (well, the dial does at least). Good for air suspension forks I suspect. Agree about less clear dial down in the lowely sub 100psi world I live in.
FYI. SKS hose heads not always the best (washer wise), I speak as when used for commercial use. Twin hole heads end up as unreliable as all the others (the switching ball inside the head gets stiff/sticky, so doesn't switch from 1 hole to the other I think). At work, given up and use 1 pump for presta, and 1 for shreader.
At home, the twin hole head on my airbase works fine.