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  • Has anyone tried the Park PMP-3 Pocket Protector Micro Pump? I'm mainly attracted by the price, shape, the few reviews I've found and the fact it's Park.

    http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uH0nHQyeL._SL1500_.jpg

    http://www.parktool.com/product/pocket-protector-micro-pump-pmp-3

    After the discussion in the CP thread I'm prang and thinking about getting a mini pump.

    I have a 29cm Specialized one I could chuck in my bag so I'm really after a "get-me-home" micro pump to go in the back of my Jersey that can get up to c.80psi.

    Wish list in order of importance:

    • Cheap (as close to £10 as possible)
    • as small as possible (to go in a Jersey)
    • won't break
    • decent valve locking mechanism
    • able to pump up to 60-80psi fairly easily (if can can go higher with hard work even better)

    Cheers.

    I have this, had 110 out of it in Puncture Rage Mode.

  • Oddly enough, you just made me realised that I don't have any use for the high pressure model on one of my bicycle, let see if the lower pressure one is smaller and lighter.

    Nah, much fatter but a little shorter IIRC.

  • ^^ cheers. That's good to know.

    I think the Freeborn deal for £23 is close enough that I'll make the leap. Annoyingly though I've got some amazon vouchers which would have been perfect for the Park.

    Now it's just deciding what colour :S

    Out of curiosity why are they using the chainbreaking tool on the presta valve in the video?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1LCEceAfDO4

  • Out of curiosity why are they using the chainbreaking tool on the presta valve in the video?

    Just saw that, intrigued to know too.

  • The commentary says they are tightening the valve core into the valve

  • Still singing that same old song...
    Here's an interesting test that includes Lezyne and my fav Quicker Pro among others.
    The tester now sells the Quicker, but claims that this test inspired him to, not the other way 'round.
    http://swhs.home.xs4all.nl/fiets/tests/pompen/index_en.html

  • Cheers thats good to know as I'm still in the market. Annoyingly freeborn have sold out of the mini. Fair play to them, they called me up to tell me that afternoon after I'd purchased.

    I think the medium won't quite cut it for what I'm after, but I need to do some measuring.

  • ^^ when and where did you get yours? I bought one direct a couple of years ago, but was quite disappointed by it. It's a genius idea (that your link utterly fails to understand) but mine was let down by poor manufacturing and second rate materials*. I believe early production was better, with a couple of better but more costly details. Maybe production has got better again now?

    ( * Rough anodising on the aluminium middle cylinder, mould lines on the outside of the pressure gauge that defeated the inner cylinder seal until i polished them off, the valve between the inner cylinder and the pressure gauge leaks so although the pump works the gauge doesn't and the pump is less efficient than it could be. I think that valve is one of the details they cheapened.)

  • Interesting, will take a closer look at my pump.
    notaeuph

  • Mine doesn't seem to have the issues that yours had, though the mould lines are still there. I've always had a good seal and the anodizing is smooth and has held up so far. I probably don't ride as much/haven't had as many flats as you, so that may be a factor too.

  • I have a Topeak RaceRocket HP which is just the right length for a jersey pocket and does a decent job.

    Does anyone use one of these to attach a mini-pump to their seat post?

  • I think I found the idea pump for what I was after, Genuine Innovations Second Wind.

    Basically a controllable CO2 inflator with a back up pump in it. There's a cheaper alu version, but there seems to be some ambiguity over the length of that one, plus the lack of reviews means I'll probably give it a miss. But thought it was worth posting as an option for anyone who was after the same type of thing as me.

  • Not sure what your priorities are but from my (limited, it is true) personal experience the Lezyne Pressure drive has been by far and away the best- fairly painless getting tubular tyres up to pressure when out and about, nice and small in your jersey pocket.

  • Those Quicker Pros only seem available for over £40 on ebay. Lez are cheaper at £25 and seem to get good reviews, but is that because people like shiny shit or do they actually work? That dude's review reckons the Road Drive is better for road bikes. Small Road Drive vs. S Pressure Drive vs. HP Pressure Drive, etc???

    What other decent options are there for a jersey pump? Prefer a sub-20cm one just for emergency roadside use. Only needs to hit 7 bar. Needs to be durable. I'm generally angry when I flat and tend to break shit.

    Suggestions?

  • If you pump in anger then go for a mini that uses a separate hose, so that the stem will be protected.

  • The Road Drive in medium fit in jersey pocket easily and quite light, I have both and they worked brilliantly.

    I used the large Road Drive for touring and was very easy to pump to 100psi (max rated 160psi).

    The other option is the Topeak Racerocket HP, take noticeably longer to inflate the tyres due to it's smaller size than the Lezyne, but much smaller and pretty well made as far as I can tell, haven't used it enough to make an assessment thought.

  • If you pump in anger then go for a mini that uses a separate hose, so that the stem will be protected.

    Nah, I'm not a valve wrecker. I just tend to throw shit around*.

    *Think monkey but with tools rather than actual shit.

  • My Lezyne is the longer, thin one that does 120 psi, can't reccomend it enough. Sure it's shiny, but it seems to be tough as old boots. All metal construction is a good thing surely. It's been dropped a few times and floats around in the bottom of my back pack pretty much constantly. Never let me down and gets up to proper pressure in a couple of minutes.

  • They are sounding pretty decent. I hate plastic pumps. Are the Lez telescopic? I've had problems with a telescopic pump before - the metal is too thin and just fails after a while. Can't recall the brand.

  • My Lezyne is the longer, thin one that does 120 psi.

    The Road Drive? according to the specification, it can do 160psi.

  • Max pressures are bullshit. I don't care for them at all. I want to know if the pump is the right size, tough and if it will last more than a year.

  • I agree, but the pressure is a good indication of how much easier it is to pump to 100psi.

    i.e. a pump that said 120psi max will make it hard work to get it to 100psi.

    I think the Topeak used to have that issues,the Lezyne isn't telescopic,

  • I'm a man™. I'm sure I'll be fine with whatever they throw at me. Just make it durable.

  • It's a pressure drive, but a long thin one.

    I've had mine for 2 or 3 years, it's scratched to hell, lost both the rubber caps, it's been rained on, thrown in a bike box, dropped... It's all metal apart from the internal seal and the hose, and seems to be pretty solid. It's not telescopic, just one shaft.

    Looks like this, but doesn't say ABS FLEX HOSE...

  • I'm a man™.

    Throwing a tantrum does not make a man.

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