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Best Amazon Comment I’ve Read So Far This Year

While poking around for a reliable, powerful, bicycle tire pump to keep my mid-sized mountain bike tires up to around 65 psi, I found the following. Comments enabled for anyone who has a pump to recommend. The reviewer is recommending this device.

Andy's Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars This pumps me up more than DJ Khalid

Reviewed in Canada on July 15, 2019

Color: Navy Blue Style: Air Center Plus

My bike has tires. Yes, surprising, I know. Not even the most pessimistic person in 1903 thought we would still be using rubber tires. But here we are, the year is 2019, and we still need to have air filled butyl tyres. This pump works great – filled my 27.5×2.4 tires in like 7 pumps. If you asked my wife she would say something like "that's not the only thing that works in 7 pumps" or "maybe I should be sharing my bed with this pump instead". But this is why we ride bikes — to avoid the wife, and try to forget the continuous string of affairs she has with her yoga instructors.

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March 18, 2023

Health and Fitness, Varia

Bill Vallicella

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Joe Odegaard

March 18, 2023

I have an old Blackburn TP-2 “Trak Pump,” floor model, 1.25 inch cylinder O.D., 20 inch cylinder, 24.75 inch height overall, Presta only, dial pressure gage to 160 psi (never had it that high), works just fine; $5 at the thrift store years ago.

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Joe Odegaard

March 18, 2023

If you want to carry your pump on the bicycle, there’s this: https://www.pashley.co.uk/products/classic-chrome-pump

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Joe Odegaard

March 18, 2023

Also this, more modern than the Brit pump:
https://www.outdoorgearlab.com/reviews/biking/frame-pump/silca-impero-ultimate

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