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Comments about LEZYNE HP Road Drive Mini-Pump:
This pump is fantastic! There's an internal hose that unscrews from the top of the pump and attaches to the bottom. This allows you some wiggle room when pumping as opposed to a rigid connection with no hose.
It's rated to 160 psi, and I easily reached 120. It's a very light, solid design that easily mounts on any water bottle bracket.
I've had multiple people use the pump with no problem, so I'm not sure why the previous reviewer couldn't unscrew it properly. As long as you don't disconnect the hose from the bottom of the pump before you've disconnected it from the tire, you'll be fine. It's a presta only pump. Highly recommended!
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Awesome... if this is what you're looking for. I wanted a lightweight, compact, emergency pump that easily reaches the psi with which I ride, and the extra few minutes of a low-volume pump aren't that big of a deal for me. I use a floor pump at home and keep this to fix flats and top-off my bike if the pressure goes down on my commuting bike after a day of riding. This is the only light-weight, mini pump that I've found easily gets up to the psi I like. I had postponed buying it because of the high price, but after going through a cheaper pump, then a mini pump that required so much force to get up to psi that I tore tube valves, AND CO2 cartridges that cost $3.50 each... my cost (and time going back to the bike store) was higher than if I had just bought the pump in the first place. At first I was wary about the screw-on attachment, then realized that it seals better and is more stable. (I don't know why another reviewer said it tore his valve... maybe a bad valve?) I don't understand why this model is only for presta... it's the same hose as another model that only goes to 120psi and is marketed for both presta and schrader, but this hose doesn't have the o-ring seal on the schrader side... odd. Bottom-line, it's slow to fill a tube, so I wouldn't recommend it for high-volume tires like a mountain bike, but it's awesome for topping-off road and commuting tires because it pumps easily even at 100psi, and the tube connection protects the tube valve from being torn, which is possible with many mini-pumps.
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Saw this and thought it looked amazing. When I got it home, I took the whole thing apart and put it back together and I am pretty sure this thing will last me for the rest of my life. The little rubber gasket that holds it closed while stored is a little annoying (it moves around), but it is not a life crucial component so that's alright. It pumps my road tires fast and due to it screwing on, it doesn't leak or fall off while I am trying to pump. The whole thing is tiny, light, and durable. It's the best mini pump I have ever used.
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The Lezyne Road Drive pump is very attractive and accomodates both Presta and Schrader valves, despite the description which states "Presta only." The fill tube can be reversed for Schader applications.
The down side to this nice looking piece of bicycle jewelry is the fact that I found it impossible to pump a road tire to any pressure greater than about 55 PSI. I'm about 6'0" and 210 lbs. I'm not Hercules, but I'm certainly no weakling and I worked the little Lezyne Road Drive with all my might.
I thought it best to experiment in my garage before having to depend on this pump to rescue me from distress on some dark, lonely road. My instincts were correct. When I exceeded 45 PSI as measured by a known good tire gauge, the pumping became a matter of extreme sport as the pump rapidly heated up with every stroke to the point where it was almost too hot to handle. I was afraid of internal damage to the pump. However, I persevered and managed to get up to about 53 PSI before deciding that this was all the pressure I could safely develop with this Lezyne.
The smooth finish made the pump too slippery for radical he-man style pumping so I used rubber gloves to really pour on the muscle.
How Lezyne can claim 160 PSI with this pump is a mystery to me. This pump would have to be worked by hydraulic robots to achieve anything greater than 55 PSI and then I doubt that it would live through such an exercise.
If you want something that will actually inflate your road tire to operating pressure, get a larger, higher volume pump with a longer stroke, fold-out foot peg and a T-handle. The extra weight is worth carrying on long trips where it could be many miles to the nearest gas station or hardware store.
If you don't spend a lot of time away from the city and you just want something to pump enough air to avoid destroying your tires and wheels, and you put form over function, then this just might be the pump for you.
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I have been able to get it to 100 PSI. After that it gets pretty tuff but the little pump feels like it was machined from a solid chunk aluminium. I just needed a small pump that can get me aired up enough to get me home and this does that. I would have paid more and still been happy with the pump. I keep mine inside the seatpost. Talk about stealthy. I'm picking up their top of the line aluminium floor pump as well. Lezyne is the best quality, period.
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Comments about LEZYNE HP Road Drive Mini-Pump:
Fits nice and flat using rear water bottle screws. Flexible hose allows more arm power to fill tube.
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Unattaching/Unscrewing the hose from the stem also Unscrews the Presta Valve from the Valve Stem....... thus letting out all the air after 250 strokes to get up to 90 psi.Lucky I tried it out in my garage instead of waiting for a flat 30 miles from home.I will look for a thumblock or twistlock design.Very disapointing for a[$] pump. [...]
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I bought this pump when they were first introduced because they looked well-made, and there were a lot of early reviews saying they were excellent. Unfortunately time and repeated use has proved otherwise.
As other reviewers noted, this pump will unscrew the core from Presta valves with removeablle cores, letting all the air out of the tire you just pumped up. Some claim they can screw in the valve core really tight, or apply thread-locking compound to the core to prevent it unscrewing, but I have my doubts about those solutions. I've found an easy work-around is to carry a Presta-to-Scrader adapter in my repair kit. Screw the adapter on to your Presta valve, then attach the end of the Lezyne's hose that SEEMS (more on that later) to be threaded for Schrader valves - that's on the opposite end from the Presta-threaded one. Pump up the tire using that arrangement, then hold on to the Presta-Schrader adapter as you unscrew the pump hose - that prevents the valve core from being unscrewed. You can leave the Presta-Schrader adapter on the valve stem until you get back home (where you hopefully have a regular floor pump), or if you're feeling brave, you can try to unscrew the Presta-Schrader adapter without also unscrewing the valve core. I've been able to do that a few times, seems the adapter's threads aren't as tight as the ones on the pump tube. It's less complicated than it seems, and it makes a virtually useless pump usable again.
An additional problem is, while the description for this pump states it's only usable with Presta valves, some reviewers claim that it will also inflate Schrader-valved tubes. But I don't believe those claims are accurate, and here's why: while one end of the pump hose will fit Schrader valves, it does not have the little plastic piece inside the tube that pushes in the Schrader valve's pin to allow air to enter. So I'd say those claiming to inflate Schrader-valved tubes must have either have used it on valves with really weak valve core springs, or they're just assuming it will work based on being able to attach the pump tube. Believe me, I've tried with several Schrader-valved tubes I have and couldn't force any air inside.
I consider these two problems to be major DESIGN flaws with this pump, which is maybe why REI doesn't currently sell them.
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Comments about LEZYNE HP Road Drive Mini-Pump:
Great little pump
I had a mini pump attached to my bike that I had gotten on sale with a tube fix kit.
!st time i had a flat, I realized how important it is to have the right pump with me.
I have come to realize.. THIS IS the right pump!
VERY HAPPY!
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Comments about LEZYNE HP Road Drive Mini-Pump:
A work of art that only works so-so. The hose is nice because it doesn't break the valve stem. This pump is too short, even the long size. It takes way too many pumps to get up to pressure. The little o-rings that seal the hose while you pump can easily fall off when not in use, get lost and leave you pumpless.
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