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Curse of the crappy bike pumps
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 4:32 pm
by Pilgrimman
As the title implies, I am officially cursed when it comes to bike pumps. I have wrecked 4 in the last week! I haven't abused them or anything! has anyone else had a spudding related curse?
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 4:34 pm
by SpudFarm
umm i used two in a mounth..
i over pressurized them by a factor of 1:2
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 4:40 pm
by Pilgrimman
I underpressurized mine by a factor of 2:1, but that didn't stop them from failing! I was just about to shoot my golfball gun a minute ago using my freshly purchased bike pump with a 120 psi gauge, and it broke at 45 psi! needless to say, I am extremely pissed!
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 4:46 pm
by jrrdw
I all ways break the hoses, they should have steel braided hoses on them.
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 4:50 pm
by Pilgrimman
The part that broke was next to the gauge, it's where the hose connects to the body, with a threaded coupler type thing to hold down the hose. The plastic housing itself blew apart!
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 4:54 pm
by kablooie
Yeah, this week the handle snapped off my Schwinn Airdriver 1100. I stayed below the rated pressure and the thing still leaked. Also it has this output switching thing that should be avoided at all costs. Does anyone have a particular bike pump they recommend? There seem to be a lot of cheap (low quality) ones out there.
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 4:58 pm
by Brian the brain
Use them enough and they all break.