I’m very happy with my super pista digital. I ride mountain, gravel, and road so I wanted a pump with a gauge that would give accurate readings from 15psi to 100+. The digital gauge does that in a way I don’t think an analog gauge would. I’ve had the pump for over a year, but it still gives me a little joy every time I use it (multiple times per week). I’ve gotten my money out of this pump many times over.
I just bought this pump but can’t find a pressure release button. Is there a way to easily release pressure if you over-inflate the tire a bit? Or do you need to remove the chuck and manually deflate?
I also found out this after buying this pump. I am really disappointed by this. Hope it would be possible to buy a upgraded chuck with a release button in the future.
How do they {engineer} a 250$ plus dollar floor pump and not have such a simple logical device to release air while the chuck is installed That’s like Mercedes engineering a new suv but they forgot to put brakes on the vehicle.
The original design had a tubeless canister that was to be removable and fit over that magnetic cleat, with spring loaded latch that would latch near the battery door. However, as a US based company, we were aware of some pretty high profile litigation for these canisters rupturing and designed ours to ASTM specifications as a precaution. Unfortunately this made our canister cost more for us to produce than the retail cost of similar items from other brands and after looking at all the angles with our attorneys and design team we decided to shelve that project entirely. We also do a lot of work with rim/tire brands and at the same time were seeing a clear movement toward fitments that would no longer require a compressor or booster to seat the tire.
I already have a nice Silca Pump, but would love a high accuracy gauge for travel and the workshop, and chance you can put that in the idea bin for not-too future products?
Would love to have one of these, but I'm still using my 43-year old Molteni orange, Columbus tubing Silca pista floor pump before every ride. Have replaced the leather gasket and chuck gasket a few times and the analog gauge once. Oh, replaced the hose with some hydraulic hose once. Damn thing will outlive me!
Thanks Mark, that is the goal! We like to say that we aren't building pumps for our customers, but really for their kids and grandkids! Thanks for your dedication to your SILCA!
Originally the pump was designed with a removable tubeless inflation canister that could dock on the front. We killed that off right before launch when we realized that tubeless canisters were no longer useful or necessary with the advancements coming in tubeless. As an American company, the costs associated with liability and such surrounding this were going to be so high that we needed at least 5 years to recover costs. Since it's not there and the hose tension is not required to hold the handle in place, you can just loop around the front anyway - Josh
Not quite on topic, but today I stumbled on my vintage Italian Silca floor pump. 27.2 mm bore. Sound familiar? It's only problem is the pump leather! Any way to find or make one? Also have a vintage Silca frame pump that works. That surely makes me vintage!
David, We still make the exact piece you need, and it comes from the same family owned leather shop in Milan since 1947. It is called the 731 Leather gasket, you can find it here: silca.cc/products/silca-731-pista-leather-washer-formerly-73-1
Would it be possible to use a column of water instead to measure pressure? Could never go out of calibration. Would a narrow column need less height to measure the pressures tires use than a wider column? Simplicity is usually better.
How about sealing the top of the column to use the water as the indicator. You'd be measuring pressure directly. The top would be plugged as there would be slight evaporative losses over time. With no moving parts potentially very accurate?
Any thought of making one like this but with an analog gauge for us old-school analog folks? Specifically, those of us who are old enough that we don't want to lean over to read a gauge at floor level?
This is one we've looked at for a while now, but keep struggling with gauge accuracy after impact. A high mount analog pump only has to fall over 1 time to lose considerable gauge accuracy, like 10-15psi off at 80psi at which point it's less accurate than your fingers, and worse, it's misleading and could drive pressures that lead to a rim failure or the like. Still working on it, but a very hard problem to solve in a robust way. - Josh
I have one and it´s eating up the batteries so fast. Even if you don´t use it every day, the batteries will be drained i a relative short period of time. So have some CR2032 at home all the time.
I’m very happy with my super pista digital. I ride mountain, gravel, and road so I wanted a pump with a gauge that would give accurate readings from 15psi to 100+. The digital gauge does that in a way I don’t think an analog gauge would. I’ve had the pump for over a year, but it still gives me a little joy every time I use it (multiple times per week). I’ve gotten my money out of this pump many times over.
Thanks Rob!
Beautiful CR 564, awesome pump and thanks for your informative vids too.
Seriously, what an exquisite bike.
I just bought this pump but can’t find a pressure release button. Is there a way to easily release pressure if you over-inflate the tire a bit? Or do you need to remove the chuck and manually deflate?
I also found out this after buying this pump. I am really disappointed by this. Hope it would be possible to buy a upgraded chuck with a release button in the future.
How do they {engineer} a 250$ plus dollar floor pump and not have such a simple logical device to release air while the chuck is installed
That’s like Mercedes engineering a new suv but they forgot to put brakes on the vehicle.
Love my pump but can for the life of me figure out, What the Silca branded magnet in the front foot of the pump for?
The original design had a tubeless canister that was to be removable and fit over that magnetic cleat, with spring loaded latch that would latch near the battery door. However, as a US based company, we were aware of some pretty high profile litigation for these canisters rupturing and designed ours to ASTM specifications as a precaution. Unfortunately this made our canister cost more for us to produce than the retail cost of similar items from other brands and after looking at all the angles with our attorneys and design team we decided to shelve that project entirely. We also do a lot of work with rim/tire brands and at the same time were seeing a clear movement toward fitments that would no longer require a compressor or booster to seat the tire.
I already have a nice Silca Pump, but would love a high accuracy gauge for travel and the workshop, and chance you can put that in the idea bin for not-too future products?
Would love to have one of these, but I'm still using my 43-year old Molteni orange, Columbus tubing Silca pista floor pump before every ride. Have replaced the leather gasket and chuck gasket a few times and the analog gauge once. Oh, replaced the hose with some hydraulic hose once. Damn thing will outlive me!
Thanks Mark, that is the goal! We like to say that we aren't building pumps for our customers, but really for their kids and grandkids! Thanks for your dedication to your SILCA!
curious as to why you chose to loop the hose on the “back” side of the pump. it’s the only thing i have found a little awkward using the pump.
Originally the pump was designed with a removable tubeless inflation canister that could dock on the front. We killed that off right before launch when we realized that tubeless canisters were no longer useful or necessary with the advancements coming in tubeless. As an American company, the costs associated with liability and such surrounding this were going to be so high that we needed at least 5 years to recover costs. Since it's not there and the hose tension is not required to hold the handle in place, you can just loop around the front anyway - Josh
Great product. Hiro Locking Chuck should be standard in all pumps. It’s the best.
Not quite on topic, but today I stumbled on my vintage Italian Silca floor pump. 27.2 mm bore. Sound familiar? It's only problem is the pump leather! Any way to find or make one? Also have a vintage Silca frame pump that works. That surely makes me vintage!
David,
We still make the exact piece you need, and it comes from the same family owned leather shop in Milan since 1947. It is called the 731 Leather gasket, you can find it here: silca.cc/products/silca-731-pista-leather-washer-formerly-73-1
Okay, where is the pressure release button?
Would it be possible to use a column of water instead to measure pressure? Could never go out of calibration. Would a narrow column need less height to measure the pressures tires use than a wider column? Simplicity is usually better.
So 1 meter of water height increase equals about 1.4psi.. so would need a very tall pump, but could be great for super-fatbike tires!
How about sealing the top of the column to use the water as the indicator. You'd be measuring pressure directly. The top would be plugged as there would be slight evaporative losses over time. With no moving parts potentially very accurate?
Any thought of making one like this but with an analog gauge for us old-school analog folks? Specifically, those of us who are old enough that we don't want to lean over to read a gauge at floor level?
This is one we've looked at for a while now, but keep struggling with gauge accuracy after impact. A high mount analog pump only has to fall over 1 time to lose considerable gauge accuracy, like 10-15psi off at 80psi at which point it's less accurate than your fingers, and worse, it's misleading and could drive pressures that lead to a rim failure or the like. Still working on it, but a very hard problem to solve in a robust way. - Josh
Will it hit 220psi? I run track tyres at 220 and I find some pumps claim to go that high but give up at about 180psi?
Yes!
I have one and it´s eating up the batteries so fast. Even if you don´t use it every day, the batteries will be drained i a relative short period of time. So have some CR2032 at home all the time.
I've got one and it is great.
Thanks Troy! - Josh
Nice pump! Can we talk about those socks though?
Ha! Those are Keen Uneek shoes and they are made by robots.. by far the ultimate sandal probably ever made! th-cam.com/video/lA_01MzRWXs/w-d-xo.html
Oh wait, just realized I have the keens in the b-roll, yep, those are some Rapha wool socks with the polka dots.. LOVE Rapha socks! - Josh
@@SILCAVelo How many watts are they good for? #WattsInTheSocks is the best hastag ever!