Without it, nothing is possible: no bike rides without air in its tyres - and racing bike tyres need a lot of it. Track cyclists even press up to twelve bar into their lightweight racing tyres, pressures of between six and eight bar are common in road tyres, and some people pressurise their tyres to ten bar - albeit without need. What experienced cyclists have known for a long time and road bike novices quickly learn: such air pressures can only be reached quickly, conveniently and accurately with the help of a floor pump with a pressure indicator (pressure gauge) in the tyres. Anything else is just a makeshift solution in the event of a puncture.
The requirements for a floor pump are quickly defined: it must stand securely and without tipping, have a handy handle, an easy-to-read, accurate pressure gauge and a pump head that encloses the valve tightly and holds it reliably so that no air hisses past. And the pumping work should be as effortless as possible.
As a special service, you can see detailed pictures of the pressure gauge and pump head of each floor pump here.
The test results of these models can be found below as a PDF download:
- Airace Infinity AS
- BBB AirBlaster BFP-31
- Blackburn Airtower HP
- Bontrager Turbo Charger
- Lezyne Alloy Floor Drive
- Oakland Floor Pump Race
- Parktool PFP-5
- Pedros Super Prestige
- Pro Team
- Rose Pressure Maker Digi
- Silca Pista
- SKS Race Compressor
- Specialised Tool Pro
- Topeak JoeBlow Sprint
- Velox Meqix
- Xtreme Airjumper
- Zefal Profil Max FP70
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