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<\/a><\/h6>\nQuestion one: Do you need to take the pump on the road with you?<\/h5>\n
There are two main categories of pumps: Hand pumps (small and compact) and floor pumps (large and efficient). If you only need a pump at home to fill your tires before a casual ride, then a floor pump, like Axiom’s PropelAir 160<\/a>\u00a0is ideal. These pumps are super easy to use and efficient, meaning you spend less time pumping and more time riding. If you need to take a pump on the ride with you, a full-sized floor pump won’t work though, so a hand pump is your best solution. These pumps come sized for either maximum air volume (for mountain bike sized tires) or maximum pressure (for road bike sized tires)<\/p>\n Mountain bikes, hybrid bikes and road bikes have different tire volumes. The volume of your tire will tell you the first thing about the pump you need. If you ride a road bike, cyclocross bike, touring bike, or anything with a smaller volume tire and higher optimal pressure, a small-volume pump, like Axiom’s FuseAir 160<\/a>, will get you up to that higher pressure. Using a high volume, low pressure pump, like the Crankbrothers Klick HV<\/a>\u00a0will put a lot of air in the tire quickly, but you’ll find it hard to get up to optimal pressure.<\/p>\n If you run tubeless tires (or you foresee yourself being in a hurry when you need to inflate your tire) consider investing in a CO2 inflator, like Axiom’s FuseAir 120<\/a>. Tubeless tires require a large sustained burst of air to seat the tire beads, which is hard to achieve even with a large floor pump (with the exception of Topeak’s JoeBlow Booster Pump<\/a>), necessitating the use of a CO2 inflator. Inflators can be used to inflate regular tires in a hurry as well, in case you flat on race day!<\/p>\n It’s safe to say that all modern pumps are capable of inflating both Shraeder (car valve type) and Presta (skinny French type) valves. Don’t worry about buying a specific pump, you’ll be able to inflate your tires with any of the products found through your Live to Play Sports dealer<\/a>.<\/p>\n We hope that this guide is helpful in choosing your next pump.\u00a0Enjoy the benefits of optimal pressure on all your rides this season! See you out there!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/h6>\nQuestion two: What kind of bike do you ride?<\/h5>\n
<\/a><\/h6>\nQuestion three: Are you running tubeless, or tubed tires?<\/h5>\n
Question four: Does it matter what valves I run?<\/h5>\n
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