Real world opinions on mini pumps for road bikes needed

[Nighthawk]

Has anyone out there in PH land got any real world experience and recommendations for a mini pump that'll inflate 700c 25 tyres to a decent enough pressure?

I had been relying on CO2 canisters and a Bontrager air rush regulator but during a puncture stop on Sunday the CO2 regulator decided it was going to blast all the gas out of the new cylinder via the on/off valve and onto my hand and nearly give me frostbite. The bloody thing has only been used once before

So, looking for something small enough to frame mount on a bottle cage or small enough to go in a jersey pocket.

Cheers

[wobert]

I use a Topeak RaceRocket mounted on the bottle cage mounts on the down tube. Small and quick to inflate upto 150 psi.

Cost c£20 IIRC

[anonymous-user]

I have a topeak pocket rocket which is fine for 100psi and thats plenty enough for 25c tyres to get you home in comfort

[johno_78]

I have a sks race day mini pump. it's surprisingly easy to use, and in the one time I needed it, pumped the tyre up to 90psi, verified by a track pump from a support car.

Currently £7.99 from planet! http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TOSKSRDP/sks-raceday-...

[Nighthawk]

Great stuff, two votes for Topeak so that's got to be where my search starts

[TheFungle]

Currently have the Lezyne pressure drive mini and very happy.

Small enough to slip completely unnoticed into jersey pocket yet powerful enough pump easily to 110psi.

Notice the very clever way which the hose is kept inside the pump, one thing I hate about small pumps is trying to keep it attached to the valve.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lezyne-pressure-drive-mini...

[Ponk]

TheFungle said:

Currently have the Lezyne pressure drive mini and very happy.

Small enough to slip completely unnoticed into jersey pocket yet powerful enough pump easily to 110psi.

Notice the very clever way which the hose is kept inside the pump, one thing I hate about small pumps is trying to keep it attached to the valve.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lezyne-pressure-drive-mini...

Second that. You will pick up an RSI trying to hit 80 psi but it's just about doable.

[Banana Boy]

I've just got one of these Birzman pumps because it does both hand pumping and Co2 and has a flexi hose which I prefer. Had a go on Friday inflating brand new tyres and inner tubes, got to about 80psi in no time at all - tbh it would have got further had I been on the side of the road but I was happy with it at that stage so finished them off with my track pump.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/birzman/infini...

[Daveyraveygravey]

Topeak Road morph is the one - mini pump but has a fold out foot thingy makes it as good as a track pump. Had problems with other pumps and CO 2 cannisters in the past, can be quite frightening when you're stuck by the side of the road and you just can't inflated.

[Nighthawk]

Daveyraveygravey said:

Topeak Road morph is the one - mini pump but has a fold out foot thingy makes it as good as a track pump. Had problems with other pumps and CO 2 cannisters in the past, can be quite frightening when you're stuck by the side of the road and you just can't inflated.

Yeah, luckily there were a couple of other guys from the club with me who had mini pumps.......one of which had a press fit coupling which wouldn't seal correctly on the valve The looking at some of the pumps mentioned it was a Leyzene pump that got enough air in to keep me riding. It was probably approx 60/70psi and lasted me until I got to my local shop shop in town where I borrowed their track pump and dropped off the faulty regulator for warranty replacement.

Its quite a shock when the ice cold blast from the CO2 canister comes the wrong way at your exposed hand I can tell you.

[Herman Toothrot]

pablo said:

I have a topeak pocket rocket which is fine for 100psi and thats plenty enough for 25c tyres to get you home in comfort

Also what I carry, easily fits in Jersey pockets.

[benny.c]

I use a Birzman Zacoo Mini Pump which is tiny at about 10cm. If I punctured regularly I'd probably get something that pumps a tad quicker but for the occasional flat it's great. I also carry a Presta-Schrader adapter so that I only need to get the tyre up to a reasonable pressure before stopping at any garage to get full pressure back without loads of effort.

http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/birzman-zacoo-mini-...

Edited by benny.c on Monday 25th May 23:25

[yellowjack]

Lezyne Road Drive for me. It's a bit too long for a jersey pocket, though, and the bracket that ought to mount behind a bottle cage won't fit on my new Trek Emonda because of the asymmetric/oversized carbon tube shapes. I'm looking at a Topeak Race Rocket (HP) as a potential replacement for the new bike. The Lezyne pump would then stay permanently on my old steel road bike.

[Nighthawk]

That's a good call yellowjack, the bike it needs to fit on is a Trek Domane which also has a weirdly shaped oversized down tube.

[Black can man]

I've had loads of crappy pumps, this one i've had for a good while now & if went belly up today i'd go & buy another one today.





Ooops i've just read these have been mentioned above , can't be a bad choice i guess.

Edited by Black can man on Tuesday 26th May 08:11

[daddy cool]

Nighthawk said:

Great stuff, two votes for Topeak so that's got to be where my search starts

yep, i bought a race rocket recently, after i had a similar issue where a CO2 failed on me. havent needed to use it in anger yet, but have tested it, and works well, and the extendable hose (hidden inside) is a neat touch to stop Presta valves bending if the bike falls over when you are pumping it up (been there, done that)

[bakerstreet]

pablo said:

I have a topeak pocket rocket which is fine for 100psi and thats plenty enough for 25c tyres to get you home in comfort

I also have one of those. Only used it a couple of times, but both times it has been pretty good. Think mine was £19 from Wiggle. Fits nicely in a jersey pocket too

[Cos18]

I've got a Lezyne one too. It's good enough to get it to 90 or so, so enough to get you home, and then I use a track pump back home to get it into the 100s

[Roger Irrelevant]

Another recommendation for the Pocket Rocket here. I'd been using another minipump for years that was, I can now see with retrospect, ste. 50psi was about all it could manage which on 23s is just about enough to limp home on, but you wouldn't want to go too far like that. When I got the Pocket Rocket I thought it couldn't be much cop as it was so small but it will indeed get tyres to 100psi as claimed (eventually). It also comes with a bracket so you can mount it on your frame next to your bottle cage and it's totally unobtrusive.

[keith2.2]

I've got a Topeak Micro-rocket. It does a perfectly good job of inflating (rated to 160psi) but my watch-out is that the handle section of the barrel came loose on the first use so now pumping is a bit of a pain as the way it comes to rest stops the pump from being compressed. It's a faff rather than critical and it seems to do the job.