Pump Action

We’ve all been there……. or at least I have and although hanging my head in shame I’m still admitting it….. I’ve been caught out going for a ride, leaving my pump behind and subsequently getting a puncture! The old, “I’m only going out for a few miles so I’ll not need my pump” scenario comes to mind, and sadly it more than often comes back to bite me in the bum!

At one stage I would head out armed with a spare inner tube and a CO2 cartridge pump, only to use 3 canisters trying to inflate the tyre, freezing the valve open and dispersing the CO2 everywhere except into the inner tube!

Having learnt the hard way, stuck 10 miles from my house in freezing conditions with no pump and only empty CO2 canisters, head hung in shame as I make that call to my wife to grab the sat nav and come and rescue me and my bike, I’ve learnt my lesson! Not the best advertisement for being prepared! Really should have paid a little more attention to the motto of the Boy Scouts when I was a member all those years ago!

Well now I am prepared every time I head out on the bike with my trusty new companion in the shape of the Lezyne Road Drive CFH pump.

Lezyne Road Drive CFH

Lezyne Road Drive CFH

This pump offers the best of both worlds, the speed and easy of inflating a road tyre to 120psi with the CO2 adaptor or if that fails and you have no CO2 left the tried and trusted method of blood, sweat and tears of manual inflation! The pump comes with a handy bracket which attaches behind your bottle cage and cradles the pump and one CO2 canister. The hose comes with an adapter that you simply unscrew and turn over depending on whether you are looking for Schrader or Presta valve fitting.

One of the things I really love about this pump is that you remove the hose and simply screw the CO2 canister onto the end of it. Once the canister is screwed on you screw the adapter onto you valve, this ensures that no CO2 is lost, then simply twist the canister a quarter turn anti-clockwise to start releasing the CO2. One thing I would say though is to wear a glove or get one of the wee neoprene covers you get for the canisters as they get extremely cold and can stick to your skin!

I have used several CO2 inflators in the past without success but the Lezyne has by far been the best due to the fact it screws onto the valave and I’ve yet to waste a canister of CO2 trying to inflate my inner tube. The Lezyne pumps are on the dearer side but you get what you pay for!

The moral of my story is always ride with a back up and don’t rely on CO2 alone or on your mate having a pump and spare inner tube.

We have a wide range of CO2 Inflators, Floor Pumps, and Hand Pumps from Lezyne and Topeak on our website available to order. There’s a pump for every need and budget available.

Stuart
IT Manager