$ilca $uper Duper Floor Pump

[Jeff N.]

Wondering if anyone else bought one of these absolute pieces of garbage? The pump head seal (9 bucks a pop) wears out after a few dozen pump-ups and the seals below start leaking as well. This'll be the 2nd time I've had to ship this pump back to Silca for repair. Except for a Zipp carbon crankset I bought years ago, this is EASILY the worst cycling-related purchase I've ever made. If you have one of these and haven't had any problems, consider yourself lucky.

[Cicli]

Mine works awesome.

YMMV.

[arik]

I also dislike their crazy prices for made in Taiwan hex wrenches, you can get truly premium tools made in Germany and Switzerland for far less. Just a hard company for me to like.

[Clean39T]

Still happy with my $15 co-op pickup..



And I just bought a fancy Bontrager tubeless pumper super-soaker thing, so we'll see how that goes.

[Tickdoc]

I have the less fancy pista and it works like a charm. I love that pump and don't feel like I'll need another one ever.

[joosttx]

Reminds me of something my Dad said....” Losers will lose no matter how good they have it.” Wishing you future success in the new year.

[Jeff N.]

Originally Posted by Cicli

Mine works awesome.

YMMV.

Mine does too...for a while, before it begins leaking.

[wildboar]

How much u want fer it?

[FlashUNC]

Have the same pump with the Hiro head instead of the standard. Survived two Reno2Cinos bouncing around in the back of a pickup, beat all to death and back. Has not been babied at all, works great. Haven't even had to use the rebuild kit I got for it.

Not sure what's causing your issues, but mine has been absolutely bulletproof.

[bthornt]

Topeak Joe Blow, cheap, effective, bulletproof

[speedevil]

My Lezyne floor drive has been great for several years now.

[Spaghetti Legs]

My Pista is awesome.

[BdaGhisallo]

The simple answer to this is the following:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000O ... UTF8&psc=1

and this

https://www.efficientvelo.com/product/p ... -inflator/


Overkill? Perhaps - but you will never regret getting this setup.

[kingpin75s]

Mine worked great for about a year before separating just above where the hose screws into the base. Seemingly from the tension placed on the hose structure from it holding the pump handle. Looks like some sort of press fit plastic connection that failed but need to have it looked at to verify.

Thanks for reminding me I need to do something about it.

Have tried every level of pumps and have now been disappointed at every turn.

Now have to reach past my busted Silca and Lezyne (both) pumps for my 13 year old Joe Blow which is not great, but still functions.

[berserk87]

I can't say enough about Blackburn pumps. They have a lifetime warranty. And by lifetime, I mean lifetime. Like 9 years and a pump hose breaks, and they don't make that model anymore, and they send you a new pump, no questions asked (current closest model). I'm on my 3rd Blackburn pump in 19 years, and I only paid for the first one.

Pumps are like saddles and shoes - largely a matter of preference.