Bicycle Tire Repair Tools

 
The best thing you can do to prevent flats is to not ride over debris. After that make sure you have a great rear tire with a good tube that is the right size for the tire.  Also check your tire pressure every time before you ride, low pressure means more flats. You don’t need [...]

Repairing Flat Bicycle Tires on the Road

I know tire repair sounds pretty basic but tire repair is a key skill for anyone who rides a bicycle more than walking distance from their home or car. I have had lots of tire repair experience and learned what I  know the hard way, sitting on the ground in the rain with a flat.  [...]

First Impressions - Cyclaire Pump

[This is a follow up on A Very Unusual Pump]
Getting ready for Spring Cycling is a great time to check out a new pump, lots of tires to pump up.

The Cyclaire Pump is a very neat small and light package. The mechanical design is impressive and mounts nicely on a recumbent. I really wanted this [...]

A Very Unusual Pump

jorge recommended I try the Cyclaire Pump. He said he had heard good things about it. Follow the link to the Cyclaire Web Site and you will see a very unusual bicycle pump. It is another Mini Foot Pump but you pump you tire by pulling what looks like a rope.

Following the links [...]

Mini Foot Pump Review

The Mini Foot Pump from Germany is an attractive looking little pump nicely packaged. The pump is small (5 1/2″ and light (9 oz.). It works quite well by bicycle pump standards and acceptably by human standards. The air hose is short but long enough to let you position the pump comfortably and eliminates the [...]

Hot Buy - Topeak Road Morph G with Gauge

Bike Some Where has this recommended pump on Sale for $24.95, list is $39.95.
See Topeak Road Morp Review

Crank Brothers Alloy Pro Pump

The Crank Brothers Alloy Pro Pump is a very interesting pump with a lot of potential. It is not their smallest or lightest pump but is still quite small (9.3″ and light (6.1 Oz., less that 1/2 pound). It also has a neat mounting system that fits almost anywhere.
This is a pump to love [...]

Bike Pump Update - Topeak Road Morph with Gauge

See Hot Buy Alert - 9/28/2006
The pump saga continues. I am back to the Topeak Road Morph. This is an acceptable pump that has a few issues.
Pros:
- Neat design, fold-out handle and foot
- Hose from pump to head (a big plus), provides a comfortable and efficient pumping position while reducing the chance of stem [...]

Alert - Air Revolution Pump Failure

Yesterday, I had a worst case pump failure while riding the Franconia Notch Bike Trail. I noticed my rear tire seemed low. I had checked it before the start of the ride but things happen. When I put the pump nozzle on my tire, air started rapidly flowing out of the tire, the pressure relief [...]

Bike Pump Update - Air Revolution Mini Foot Pump

9/19/2006 Update - Unaceptable Rating
In May I posted a review of my latest bike pump, the Mini Foot Pump Air Revolution and promised an update after my July Tour.