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Mini pump with or without a hose
On 11/13/2019 1:15 AM, Tanguy Ortolo wrote:
Hello all, I am about to replace my mini pump with one that I would be able to attach to the frame, and that would, hopefully, be more efficient. While the old-fashioned mini pumps have a flexible hose, some of the more recent ones do not. I have the impression that a flexible hose is useful to avoid damaging the valve, but I wonder if this does not degrades the performance (by which I mean, the ability to inflate a tire to a correct pressure without excessive effort). Do you have any advice on this matter? I bought several of these https://www.ebay.com/itm/233342509995 back when Amazon was selling them for a little less. I wanted a pump short enough to fit in a seat bag, that was not plastic, and that could go to at least 100psi |
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Mini pump with or without a hose
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Tanguy Ortolo wrote: I have the impression that a flexible hose is useful to avoid damaging the valve, but I wonder if this does not degrades the performance (by which I mean, the ability to inflate a tire to a correct pressure without excessive effort). It’s not like the hose gets “inflated” by any appreciable amount. It represents a small volume of air, which likely can be filled to the tire’s final pressure in one or two pumps. If that’s too much extra effort compared to all the other pumping you have to do to fill a tire, consider going with CO2 cartridges as others have suggested. -- "Also . . . I can kill you with my brain." River Tam, Trash, Firefly |
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Mini pump with or without a hose
On 2019-11-13, Tanguy Ortolo wrote:
I am about to replace my mini pump with one that I would be able to attach to the frame, and that would, hopefully, be more efficient. While the old-fashioned mini pumps have a flexible hose, some of the more recent ones do not. I have the impression that a flexible hose is useful to avoid damaging the valve, but I wonder if this does not degrades the performance (by which I mean, the ability to inflate a tire to a correct pressure without excessive effort). Tanguy, The hose-based mini pumps all have the same problem. Since they screw onto your valve, when you remove the pump after inflation, they tend to unscrew the Presta valva core from the tube. This causes immediate and total deflation. (I've just read the marketing copy for one of this style pump, which says: "Nervous about unthreading that valve when removing the pump? Enter one of the Core Slim's awesome features: the Presta Valve Tool. Simply unthread the tool from the back of the pump and tighten your valve prior to threading the hose on." ) The counter-problem is that pumps which don't thread onto the valve must be held there, and held steadily to avoid bending or breaking the Presta valve core. This is not difficult, but it is a skill of cycling which demands a reasonable technique throughout the course of pumping, instead of getting manic and applying force at a weird angle. So, choose your poison. Away from the shop, unless I'm pumping up fatbike tires or skinny road tires, I tend to carry this pump[1]. It presses onto the valve, is pocketable, switchable from high-volume to high-pressure, and thus will inflate both a 2.3" MTB tire and a 28mm cross tire. The price you pay for its size is bicep development, as you'll be pumping a lot of strokes. It's a steady and effective pump despite that. [1] https://www.blackburndesign.com/p/ai...bike-mini-pump (N.B.: it's Presta-only.) -G -- Gregory S. Sutter Mostly Harmless http://zer0.org/~gsutter/ |
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Mini pump with or without a hose
On 16/11/19 6:23 am, Gregory Sutter wrote:
On 2019-11-13, Tanguy Ortolo wrote: I am about to replace my mini pump with one that I would be able to attach to the frame, and that would, hopefully, be more efficient. While the old-fashioned mini pumps have a flexible hose, some of the more recent ones do not. I have the impression that a flexible hose is useful to avoid damaging the valve, but I wonder if this does not degrades the performance (by which I mean, the ability to inflate a tire to a correct pressure without excessive effort). Tanguy, The hose-based mini pumps all have the same problem. Since they screw onto your valve, when you remove the pump after inflation, they tend to unscrew the Presta valva core from the tube. This causes immediate and total deflation. (I've just read the marketing copy for one of this style pump, which says: "Nervous about unthreading that valve when removing the pump? Enter one of the Core Slim's awesome features: the Presta Valve Tool. Simply unthread the tool from the back of the pump and tighten your valve prior to threading the hose on." ) Some valves do not appear to have a removable core, and as such this problem is non existent for them. I have used my screw on pump hose on many inner tubes and never experienced the core getting unscrewed. Also, my mini pump hose can be used as a screw on or push on by using the other end of the hose. Both ends of the hose can be attached to the pump, and each end has a different attachment to the valve. -- JS |
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