08-08-2003, 10:34 AM
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In article <HJB9Bs.329@no.such.domain>, eyagerusenet@chartermi.net says...
>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.
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>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.
For both bike and car tires, it is hard to beat the Zefal double shot. One
drawback is that the body is made out of plastic, so you have to be carefull
with it. I've had mine for about 10 years now and it still works well.
11 pumps on a 700X23 and I am just over 100psi. 50 pumps or so and I can
get a 195/50X15 tire up to 35psi from flat.
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