Lezyne

Caught a small slash this morning on my road bike and didn't have a boot for the new tube, so I thought i'd give these a try on a non-tubeless tire, and it worked perfectly. The plug seals the hole through the tire, and the base glues up against the inside wall of the tire just like a patch. Trim off the excess plug, and you've got a solid fix instead of a new $70 road tire.

My 1st real floor pump has lasted 25yrs and is still going strong, but it was time to get a 2nd floor pump which I decided on a Lezyne Sport Floor Drive pump and upgraded it with LEZYNE PRESTA PRO FLOOR PUMP HEAD. The LEZYNE PRESTA PRO FLOOR PUMP HEAD makes easy work of pumping a tire with a presta valve. Easy to mount, blended excess air, and remove without applying stress to the valve or stem. Simple to use and a secure seal, you can't ask for much more. It's a great match with the Leyzne Sport Floor drive pump.

I have had the Sport Gravel Drive Floor Pump for a couple of years now. The stock screw on pump head was horrible / awful / terrible / no bueno. This Presta-only head is a beautifully machined product that works very well. At $30 it should be wonderful, and it turned a $50 pump into an $80 pump so it only gets 3 stars for value. But if you have a Sport Gravel Drive Floor Pump (or any other Lezyne floor pump with that terrible screw-on head) and you don't want to just throw it out, this is the fix as long as you only need it for Presta valves. Installation is easy. Just cut the tube as close to the old head as possible, lubricate the inside of the tube, and install the new head.

I grew up with shrader style tire valves so when I got my Trek FX3 5 years ago, Presta valves took an adjustment period. I bought a $30 Serfa pump from the local store. For a long time, I thought it was my fault that my fingers were getting smacked when the pump head handle would snap back. And I didn't understand why it was so difficult to get the pump head to seat properly on the valve. After learning that I needed to replace bent valve cores, I decided it was time for a better pump.

I shopped around and picked this one. It's a major improvement. It's so much easier to screw on the chuck head, pump it to exactly the desired PSI and unscrew the chuck. Inflating tires is much easier and pain free.