Electric Pumps Rechargable

[mattsccm]

I regard mine as a better substitute to a mini pump. It fits in my small tool bag as well. If I could get a good old HPX is sizes to fit my frames I would happily have such.

[eileithyia]

We have electric pumps, I agree I would not want to be caught with a flat battery and do have a small back up pump, however I was brought up with a decent frame fitting pump that I could get a decent amount air into a tyre. These days frame fitting pumps don't fit modern bikes the same and stupid mini pumps take forever to get air into a tyre. Interestingly after a some bad weather in Mallorca last October, we came across a few folks with punctures trying desperately to pump up tyres with mini pumps and were extremely relieved when we mentioned electric pump... and availed themselves of our assistance.

[mjr]

Exceptions of course have to be made for someone with a disability, but if someone has a major problem with poor grip (poor balance, poor co ordination etc) then maybe a bicycle is not safe for them?

Seems rather ableist. I'm glad you're not in charge. I support everyone cycling, and not only on bicycles, neither!

[AndyB1]

Exceptions of course have to be made for someone with a disability, but if someone has a major problem with poor grip (poor balance, poor co ordination etc) then maybe a bicycle is not safe for them?

Seems rather ableist. I'm glad you're not in charge. I support everyone cycling, and not only on bicycles, neither!

Apologies if it came across that way, it was certainly not meant to.

[mattsccm]

Strikes me that mjr is picking holes or trying to be especially inclusive and safe in their comments. Can we just discuss electric pumps please?

[geocycle]

I have a Fumpa nano electric pump and have used it for 3 years. It is the size of a matchbox and will pump up 1-2 tyres very quickly. I also carry a mini pump (Lezyne or Topeak). I really like the electric pump for ease of use relative to the mini pump (I have a shoulder probem). It also recharges very quickly. The downside is the capacity of this model is a bit limited and more recent products look to be better, also the battery needs checking each month to ensure it has sufficient charge and it produces a loud farting noise. I've used it on tubed and topping up tubeless tyres successfully.

[mjr]

Strikes me that mjr is picking holes or trying to be especially inclusive and safe in their comments.

I wouldn't have bothered to comment if literally anyone had challenged the ableism in the day since the suggestion that people with poor grip, poor balance or poor coordination should not cycle.

This isn't being "especially inclusive and safe" but just basic decency and non-discrimination towards our fellow riders.

Can we just discuss electric pumps please?

For sure. I think they're a great alternative if someone doesn't like using a manual pump, but beware the weight, max psi and battery life (in inflations per charge, recharge time and whether you can replace/recycle the battery when it won't recharge any longer). You've already posted that you're happy with a cheap Chinese market knock-off one, so I guess that makes it difficult to tell anyone else how to buy that exact model?

[AndyB1]

mjr wrote:
“I wouldn't have bothered to comment if literally anyone had challenged the ableism in the day since the suggestion that people with poor grip, poor balance or poor coordination should not cycle.”


You have misquoted me. May I suggest you re-read what I wrote, and then make an apology.

[puffin]

Quick review of my electric pump: awesome. On my previous LEJOG I have powerfully inflated my tyres to give a kind of reservoir to last a lot of the journey. Now I can top up as I go.

My particular pump is a GPUTEK.

It didn't help that I didn't know how to pump up a presta tyre efficiently.

[Brucey]

I regard mine as a better substitute to a mini pump. It fits in my small tool bag as well. If I could get a good old HPX is sizes to fit my frames I would happily have such.

precisely. IMHO the thing that made the Zefal HPX a truly great pump wasn't it's party piece (of locking out the frame spring when pumping) it was the lever action chuck, something it shared with it's antecedent, the Zefal HP. This could be fitted with a thin, metal washer; one with a presta-sized hole in it, making it even better. Few people realise that this chuck comes off quite easily, complete with the 'dying pigeon' check valve. Removal merely requires something like a long screwdriver; probably you could easily make a special tool for this job, by simply glueing a small coin (1p?) into a saw cut across the end of a length of dowelling. This should work exceptionally well, because the screw is Al, and has a curve-bottomed slot in it.

The chuck can be transplanted into anything with approximately the correct curvature, as long as it also has a hexagonal opening of the correct size in it. This means that pretty much any Al-bodied pump can receive a chuck like this, as long as you can be bothered to cut a hexagonal opening in it. This permits the creation of various 'frankenpumps' mostly with a HVLP bent, to better suit modern tyres. A length of hard plastic tube can be taped/glued to the handle as a pump extension and shaped to make it 'frame fit' if needs be. Up the back of the seat tube, on the left side, is a good spot, provided the top of the pump can be made to nestle near where the seat stays join the seat tube; something careful shaping of a pump extension can help with.