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I've carried a Lezyne Road Drive for years with 700x23s. Small, compact,works well. Will def get you home, but it will reliably get you ~70 psi and only more with some real freakin effort. That works for me, but it will not come close to the 120 psi that it was specced at when 1st bought it.
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I have a Lezyne Road Drive on one bike and a Bontrager Air Support HP Pro S on my other bike. I've used the Road Drive with tires from 28c->38c with pressures ranging from 35-70psi. The Bontrager is on a bike that has pretty much only had 26c tires and that has had to deal with pressures from 65-90psi.
Both of these have an extendable hose so you're not putting major stress on the valve stem. I have broken a valve stem on the side of the road before with a mini-pump that didn't have a hose. Overall I like the Bontrager a bit better, it's less fiddly getting it on and off and a bit smoother when pumping. However the rubber cap on the Bontrager is more likely to pop off. No big deal but I find it coming loose more often. Another great mini-pump is the Barbieri Carbone. That does not have a hose on it so you have to be careful to not stress the valve stem. But it's an incredibly light pump that actually works really well. I used to use the Carbone back in the day when I ran 23c tires and ran between 110-120psi and it did a really great job with the higher pressures. I've got a Topeak or a Blackburn on my MTB.. not much to right home about on that one. But it gets the job done, I only need that pump to work to 20-30psi. |
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I have a lezyne road drive and its definitely adequate for a road tire. Probably one of the best ones out there.
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I've used a Bontrager Air Rush for years. It's a meh mini pump but you can use C02 with it and then top off. Best of both worlds, sort of.
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Now I also use a Silca Tattico, mainly because of the hose. It is also very good, very efficient. But, larger than the Barbieri by a bit. Those are the only two mini-pumps I have ever tried, and I like both better than the Innovations CO2 thing I have. |
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For those of you that have experienced valve damage, are you using lightweight tubes? I’ve never had any issue. mid-depth double wall rims seem to do a fine job at supporting the valve. I usually do take my time. As a bonus, it also reduces heat which seems to kill mini pumps. |
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You don't need much pressure to get you home....or back to car.
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Agreed. My old specialized pumps have treated me very well. Simple and reliable. No issues getting enough pressure to make it home.
I just saw an online “review” for that compressor and searched PL to see if anyone was using out of pure curiosity. Last edited by thirdgenbird; 07-05-2020 at 08:49 PM. |
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One issue with the Lezyne and ones that screw on can be pulling out the valve stems when you unscrew it. I’ve been using cartridges for a while since I rarely use them and had been just doing paved road riding.
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some tire levers have valve core removers (or tighteners in this case) but i have experience what youre talking about with lezyne. Its been mitigated with said levers
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This was a problem today even with a core tightener. It was overall part of a comedy of errors on someone else’s bike: sealant dried up; uncooperative valve core; and my tube not working in a tire that was pretty big. It was better to be the person trying to help than the one needing it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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agree 100%
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