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I wiped down after every ride as other posters said to do, and which I do anyways with any lube I've ever used, and the chain stays relatively clean.
You wipe down after every ride without putting new lube on first? I want to make sure I'm reading this right.
Thanks and way to resurrect this thread!
There is no way a mini pump would have ever, at any time in the history of mini pumps, pump to 90 psi in 30 to 35 strokes, the pump chamber is too small to allow that to happen, thus physics will not allow that to happen;
Some of the minis do get a bit of extra volume for their length by either of two methods. Some use a push pull scheme to pump on both the push and pull strokes. Others telescope adding some more volume for their collapsed length. 90 psi in 30 to 35 strokes, no, but they do manage to do a bit better than expected for the diminutive size.QuoteMini pumps have always been emergency pumps, get enough air so you can go home, and hopefully without getting a snakebite on the way home. I carried a frame pump for many years, up until about the mid to late 90s when I got the Torelli, but dreaded ever having to use it.
I have used a few different models of mini pump on tour happily as well as a Topeak Mountan Morph on others. That was for long tours up to and including a coast to coast ones and running at least 90 psi on most trips. I can't point to exact models, but I used a lezyne, a blackburn, and an HP if memory serves. I didn't mind any of them and they were all used on at least multiweek tours if not multi month ones.
Don't get me wrong, when there was a floor pump available I used it
When these pump manufacturers and sellers conceal the number of strokes it takes to reach a certain pounds per square inch in different sized tires, it means they don't want you to know. Why else would they conceal it? The fact is most are selling overpriced junk. I had the cheapest little Walmart pump, a stand-up pump. I could get 90 PSI absolute Max in 28 to 35 pumps. The last 8 or 10 would be very short as in lifting the plunger three or four inches and pressing in. The gauge said 160 PSI. It took absolutely every bit of my body weight and strength to get to 90 PSI. That is with a 700x32 tire tube. It used to be easy to get a portable hand pump that would go to 90 PSI in 30 or 35 strokes. They were cheap and lightweight and durable. I wonder why they took those off the market and replace them with junk.
Of course, even in the more remote areas, we can usually pick up a cell signal every day or two to check weather forecasts.
Before loading anything extra to take up space on the bike and in the brain, I always remind myself, it is supposed to be adventure cycling, and the adventure is provided by the unknown. Just a thought.
Cabelas sells a very small Midland that runs on 1 AA bat for around $17, I may look into getting it since it was the smallest I could find.Be sure to run a test to see how long it runs on that battery, just so you'll have an idea of how many batteries to take. These radios serve their purpose best if you leave them on all the time.