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A good, small, manual foot pump
Possibly something that has been touched on before, but I oculd not find anything.
Anyone got a recommendation for a good quality, small, hopefully light manual foot pump. I aren't interested in an electric thing, as I would prefere the reliablitly of a manual pump and an electic thing just won't go to really high pressures if the tyre won't seat right because of less than perfect mounting operations. Yes there is the Michelin pump that some people seem to like, but I have heard a few people not liking. All thoughts are well appreciated! |
Been looking for one myself..
Found this one, not sure if it's any good tho. matrix mp1 mini foot pump http://cdn-9.psndealer.com/e2/dealer.../0363-0057.jpg |
I like that, it's an option!
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Have you tried pumping up a tyre by hand or foot? You'll very rapidly be wishing you went electric! This pump (*) is excellent; it'll fill your tires quickly and it's rated to 100 PSI. Enough for you? Tech pecs: The aluminum case is less than 2" high x 4" wide x 6" long. With all the wires and power connectors and hose the storage pouch dimensions are 2x6x9". Weight is 34 ounces. (*) Speak to Gabe here or Paul at Metal Mule |
I just use a decent quality push bike hand-pump. It's not a massive undertaking to get an 18" tyre up to enough pressure to seat the beads. Weighs bugger all and just slips next to the bladder in my rucksack. I think it cost me £20.00.
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£75!!!! I'd rather blow it up with my mouth! to be fair, I've only ever used cheap electric pumps that I've stripped the housing from to make them smaller, and they have all overheated and died whilst on the job. I don't really want to rely on stuff like that! It's no bother with a foot pump and I've gone past 80psi on my front tyre before, just to get the tyre seated right. On the cheaper end of things, I think a manual pump is a better option! Pumping up with a foot pump is no problems |
I know it's not manual, but this wins on small size, and is slightly cheaper than the electric one mentioned earlier:
RAC 12V Compact Tyre Inflator | eBay just bought an AA badged one, and it makes the airman one look massive, and topped up 10psi into my DL650 tyres quickly, has a light as well :clap: |
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Sorry to hijack the thread but any tips/ideias on re-seating the rear 17" Heidenau K60, be it on a electric/manual pump?
I've tried it a few times and it's always a bloody pain! Anybody got any tricks, tips, ideas... Cheers, |
You just need to keep pumping it up and up. lots of lubrication always helps, obviously tyre soap if you can get it as it will last as long as you take to fit the tyre. otherwise water and soap, wd40 etc. I have got to over 90psi before the tyre gets itsef seated correctly, but that was with poor tools and probably not enough lubrication.
I have always found the rear tyres easier to seat than the front tyres, but perhaps that is just me. I have to work with innertubes so I'm not sure if this changes the game significantly. At least I don;t have to look for the intial sealing moment that might make tubeless tyres a bit of a horror if the bead needs to be broken away from a garage. |
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As said by others, tyre soap is probably what you should use but in a fix almost anything will do the trick. Hand soap (the spunky stuff like you get in dispensers in washrooms) works really well. A mate of mine carries a few little sachets of hair conditioner/handcream/bodywash/whatever, that he picks up in hotels. I think alcohol hand sanitizer gel might be the ideal stuff, it's quite slippy but evapourates away to nothing and comes in handy ickle bottles. Or maybe KY Jelly although you might have some explaining to do. Windowlene (other glass cleaners are available) does the trick quite nicely too. I would only use WD40 as a last resort. |
Any soap that evaporates will do..
Don't be afraid to "bounce" the wheel on the unseated tyre to get it to sit properly before you inflate it. I've done lots of tyres changes in race situations and as with all things practice makes perfect.. For tubeless tyres if you struggle the break the bead to get a tyre off you can at least plug it to get moving again. |
Back onto pumps.. This electric one gets good reviews
HEAVY-DUTY CAR TYRE AIR COMPRESSOR INFLATOR 12V 140PSI: Amazon.co.uk: Car & Motorbike Inflates a car tyre in approximately 3 minutes 30mm cylinder diameter Max pressure 140PSI |
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