08-08-2003, 09:16 AM
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In rec.bicycles.misc Bill <bbrannonSPAM@nospamworldnet.att.net> wrote:
> I have two Silca pumps, the Track pump and a Super Pista. About 15 and 6-8
> yrs old respectively. They both work like new, durable, inexpensive, capable
> of high pressure. The Super Pista is reasonably high volume. One is on the
> back porch the other stays in the car.
> http://www.coloradocyclist.com/commo... ,23415,21739
> Bill
The Silca pumps are great quality pumps especially for high pressure road
tires, but the volume per stroke is rather low compared many other pumps.
For a mountain bike it isn't a big deal, but I wouldn't want to inflate
a car tire with it.
The best bicycle pump for inflating car tires would be the one with the
largest diameter barrel and longest stroke. The blackburn TPS-1 has a
pretty big barrel and stroke. So much so, that it is difficult to inflate
road bike tires with it. Maybe blackburn has resigned the double sided
schrader/presta head, but a problem I had a few years ago was the schrader
head had a check valve built into it which severly constricted the flow
of air to the tire. It considerably raised the effort needed to inflate
the tire.
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Eric
eyagerusenet@chartermi.net
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