Do you need a different type of bike pump depending on what sort of bike you've got?
Zilla bought me a bike pump a while ago and today i tried to use it for the first time. Now instead of having very little air in the tyre i have no air at all.
Do all bike pumps work on all bikes? In which case - how do i pump my tyres up as i'm clearly completely incompetent.
help?
<M wanders off disconsolately looking blonder by the moment>
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its probably all your hapless bloke's fault
http://sheldonbrown.com/tires.html
Whatever hole is in your pump should pretty much match the diameter of your valve.
mind you that pump might fit nicely on my mountain bike (handy)
You unscrew the lil valve a few turns and then slide the pump over.
If you unscrew the valve all the way then you usually end up pressing it in by mistake and losing all your air.
Get a track pump for in the house - they are fab and will pump your tyres up as hard as you like with minimal effort.
Once you have a good one - it saves months of toiling with on bike crappy pumps. Honest.
ROFLOL
and while i'm at it
<big raspberry to will>
i'll go and sort out getting a new bike pump tomorrow as clearly from quimby's picture (special thanks to quimby :-)) i've got a presta valve but a schraeder pump.
thank you for the thing about track pumps cougie (where do i get one?)
Well, I was *nearly* right.
[hard stare at Will for making a liar of a li'l leopard]
But be careful - a bikey friend bought an MTB only track pump, and was surprised that the dial only went up to about 60PSI !
Road pumps can do up to 140 PSI easily, but most tyres/rims only need about 110 or so.
i'll drop into the bike shop in letchworth this afternoon and see if they can sort it out.