I've been using the Topeak Morph mini pumps for... 25 years? Been working great all that time. Basic difference would be they don't have the CO2 part added in. But yeah, having the hose for inflation on the trail makes things so much easier.
Oh for sure. I've seen many a TH-cam video on the problem. But in over 10 years of owning several of their pumps I've never had it happen. So I'm curious is it just dumb luck or something else I'm specifically doing or not doing.
Ahhh, memories of getting flats in front of work and getting Top Gear ruled out of the ride home. To toss my 2 cents in on what you've covered: - Portable electric pumps are heavy (or have the tiniest battery), very noisy, and struggle with >60psi. I tried a Xioami, it works but I used it maybe 3 or 4 times only, I don't recommend these at all. - I use a Lezyne Gauge Drive HP, since I need 60psi / 4bar for my road bike. Not quite high pressure but not high volume either. I love the gauge on the hose cause I have no feel for pressure, and I like the portability with the hose that fits inside the drive. The hose doubles as CO2 inflator. I use it mainly for top-ups when I'm out on my epics, not for inflating from zero. - The other issue people report with at least the portable Lezyne drive threaded chucks is sometimes the chuck is made with plastic, and can deform if you unthread it after inflation when its temperature is high. Easy solution: wait a few minutes for it to cool.
For the 1sr time I bought a cheap pump from harbor freight the presta adapter unthereded the valve. When I screwed it on it was really tight I think that the oring in the adapter was of the wrong size it sealed well but was very tight going on and off. SO poor equipment design o manufacture can be too blame especially on cheap pumps
Funny how things is different to different people...to me the Lezeyne is the worst pump ever...it takes out the inner valve again and again, when using tubeless valves....
I've been thinking on this topic all weekend. And the only thing I can think of is the brand of tubeless valve. Due to the ubiquity of them at my LBS's, I use Much Off valves on all my bikes. This has never been a problem for me. Maybe it's the valves themselves that is the reason I have never found this as a problem?
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I've been using the Topeak Morph mini pumps for... 25 years? Been working great all that time. Basic difference would be they don't have the CO2 part added in. But yeah, having the hose for inflation on the trail makes things so much easier.
I've had a Lezyne pump unscrew cores. And it's a problem others have reported.
Oh for sure. I've seen many a TH-cam video on the problem. But in over 10 years of owning several of their pumps I've never had it happen. So I'm curious is it just dumb luck or something else I'm specifically doing or not doing.
Ahhh, memories of getting flats in front of work and getting Top Gear ruled out of the ride home.
To toss my 2 cents in on what you've covered:
- Portable electric pumps are heavy (or have the tiniest battery), very noisy, and struggle with >60psi. I tried a Xioami, it works but I used it maybe 3 or 4 times only, I don't recommend these at all.
- I use a Lezyne Gauge Drive HP, since I need 60psi / 4bar for my road bike. Not quite high pressure but not high volume either. I love the gauge on the hose cause I have no feel for pressure, and I like the portability with the hose that fits inside the drive. The hose doubles as CO2 inflator. I use it mainly for top-ups when I'm out on my epics, not for inflating from zero.
- The other issue people report with at least the portable Lezyne drive threaded chucks is sometimes the chuck is made with plastic, and can deform if you unthread it after inflation when its temperature is high. Easy solution: wait a few minutes for it to cool.
Plastic? I've never seen a plastic chuck on a lezyne. Good to know.
For the 1sr time I bought a cheap pump from harbor freight the presta adapter unthereded the valve. When I screwed it on it was really tight I think that the oring in the adapter was of the wrong size it sealed well but was very tight going on and off. SO poor equipment design o manufacture can be too blame especially on cheap pumps
Funny how things is different to different people...to me the Lezeyne is the worst pump ever...it takes out the inner valve again and again, when using tubeless valves....
I've been thinking on this topic all weekend. And the only thing I can think of is the brand of tubeless valve. Due to the ubiquity of them at my LBS's, I use Much Off valves on all my bikes. This has never been a problem for me. Maybe it's the valves themselves that is the reason I have never found this as a problem?