According to the article, which was headlined "Anti-Hitchhiking Insurance":
Lauren Hefferon, the director of and a tour leader at Ciclismo Classico, a company in Arlington, Mass., that runs cycling tours worldwide, tested [five] pumps during her daily commute to and from work.
Definitely worth a look. In case the link no longer works, the pumps tested were:
1. PLANET BIKE ROADIE $29.99, www.planetbike.com. (one of her favorites).
2. CRANK BROTHERS POWER PUMP PRO $30, www.crankbrothers.com. Small enough for a pocket, and equipped with a pressure gauge, but it required "a lot of baby strokes," she was quoted as saying.
3. GENUINE INNOVATIONS SECONDWIND ROAD CARBON $49.99, www.genuineinnovations.com. A hybrid pump/CO2 system. She said the CO2 system worked well but the pump, the smallest of the bunch, required a lot of "stamina."
4. DAHON BIOLOGIC POSTPUMP $30, www.dahon.com. She said this one pumped well.
5. TOPEAK MINI MORPH $30, www.rei.com. The article called this an "easy to use" floor pump. Huh? Looks like a frame pump in the picture. Time to dock the proofreader's pay... [Note: I've since been corrected on this entry and owe an apology to proofreaders everywhere. See comments below.]
Once again, thanks to YoA.
4 comments:
The Mini Morph looks like a frame pump, but is used like a floor pump. The ends are hinged and permit vertical use. Works OK, but is not a real frame pump, in my mind, because it requires a plastic holder rather than being compressed by the main triangle.
Time to dock the blogger some "knows-what-he's-talking-about" points . . .
Ouch! I guess I had that one coming...
Thanks, anonymous.
Sign me,
Sufficiently humbled
Mike / Raleigh/
That was written with a smile and a wink, but came across a bit harsh. Sorry.
Anon,
No worries. Got tripped up by my own glib remark. A good lesson in that for me.
Thanks much for your comments about how the pump works.
Mike
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