[pruaga]

I’ve got a fairly basic Bell track pump and getting tyres above ~80 psi requires major effort. i.e, putting all my weight onto the pump handles to get it up to ~100. I usually end up with very red palms with the pattern from the handle imprinted onto them for a day or two.

Would buying a better quality pump make this easier, or is getting decent tyre pressures always going to be hard work?

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[PhilRuss]

[[[[ “Revolution”, about
[[[[ “Revolution”, about £17.50. Got mine from Edinburgh Cycles (via review on Road CC), very solid, and 3 times quicker than the old Zefal I’d been struggling with. Easy-peasy.
P.R.

[surly_by_name]

Colin Peyresourde

Colin Peyresourde wrote:

Surprised you have to ask……!

It has to be very hard.

[dotdash]

My joe blow 2 has worked fine
My joe blow 2 has worked fine for years but last year it started to struggle to engage the valve and now it’s almost impossible to engage, has anyone else had this?

[Kapelmuur]

fukawitribe wrote:Evans are

fukawitribe wrote:

Evans are doing the Birzman Zacoo Maha IV for 24 quid (2/3 normal price) at the moment, very highly rated pumps especially the heads..

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/birzman/zacoo-maha-iv-track-pump-ec050466

I don’t actually need a new track pump and yet i’m still debating getting one for the Snap-It alone :)

Thanks for the heads-up, my Aldi pump has served faithfully for 3 years, but getting over 80 psi was a struggle. Easy with the Birzman.

Only downside is I’ll have to take up weights to compensate for missing the upper body workout.

[Jeroen0110]

I bought one on eBay that
I bought one on eBay that goes up to 160psi for 12.99 delivered. Up to 125 psi in about five pumps, how can spending any more money possibly improve this?!?!?!?!

[matthewn5]

+1 for the Bontrager. Paid
+1 for the Bontrager. Paid £18 for mine, really nice design and up to pressure in a dozen or so pumps.

[pants]

buy a new pump, i have a
buy a new pump, i have a bontrager pump that i’ve had for years and it doesn’t take very much effort at go pumping it to my usual 100 psi.

[pruaga]

I picked up a Joe Blow last
I picked up a Joe Blow last night, and while it needed a good firm press it didn’t feel like it was about to snap and I didn’t have to jump onto it.

Wish I’d bought it ages ago. Thanks all for advice.

[Flying Scot]

The cheapo aldi and lidl ones
The cheapo aldi and lidl ones are similar, OK for kids bikes but just can’t get to road pressure without feeling like you will break it.

A handheld zefal hpx can do 110psi easy,mso it can’t be hard!

Mph proper track pumps are all metal, but unbranded

[Colin Peyresourde]

Surprised you have to
Surprised you have to ask……!

[kwi]

+1 for the Joe Blow, only
+1 for the Joe Blow, only issue I had was that it wouldn’t seat one of my MTB tyres when I went tubeless, but then little would bar a compressor or CO2 cartridge.

[fukawitribe]

Evans are doing the Birzman
Evans are doing the Birzman Zacoo Maha IV for 24 quid (2/3 normal price) at the moment, very highly rated pumps especially the heads..

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/birzman/zacoo-maha-iv-track-pump-ec050466

I don’t actually need a new track pump and yet i’m still debating getting one for the Snap-It alone 🙂

[pruaga]

I’ll pick one up on the way
I’ll pick one up on the way home. And then the other one might have a mechanical failure…
My sore hands thank you both, just wanted reassurance that it wasn’t just me needing to man up!

[timbola]

I have a Topeak Joe Blow
I have a Topeak Joe Blow Sport II pump – excellent, I must say. Absolutely no complaints and £28 seems a very good price indeed. There, that’s another good review =D>

[pruaga]

Any recommendations for a
Any recommendations for a good pump? I’ve seen a Topeak Joe Blow Sport II for £28, which seems to have good reviews.

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