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 Take it for what it is, and you'll like it., August 23, 2006
By J. Kim (Washington, DC)
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The effectiveness of micro pumps is inversely proportional to size, and this is no exception. The good news is that, if you are patient and are willing to pump, pump, pump (like, 200 pumps or more), the Micro Rocket will pump up your high-pressure road tire to acceptable level. Not 120PSI (you or the pump will pass out before you get there), but maybe 90PSI and you can get home. Perhaps because the head is optimized for presta valves, the pump gave me no leak problems, just a lot of pumping required. The carbon fiber body is very cool, but for $14 on forCycling, hard to beat the aluminum version. I would recommend this pump for those who don't flat often or who want the lightest back-up possible to a CO2 inflator. Also, I'm not sure about durability. I could see this thing lasting 10-15 tire inflations and wearing out. If you want a great frame pump (and your bike can hold one) that is very efficient, try a Blackburn. It's about 5X the size of this thing, however.
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Take it for what it is, and you'll like it., August 22, 2006
By J. Kim (Washington, DC)
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The effectiveness of micro pumps is inversely proportional to size, and this is no exception. The good news is that, if you are patient and are willing to pump, pump, pump (like, 200 pumps or more), the Micro Rocket will pump up your high-pressure road tire to acceptable level. Not 120PSI (you or the pump will pass out before you get there), but maybe 90PSI and you can get home. Perhaps because the head is optimized for presta valves, the pump gave me no leak problems, just a lot of pumping required. The carbon fiber body is very cool, but for $14 on Amazon, hard to beat the aluminum version. I would recommend this pump for those who don't flat often or who want the lightest back-up possible to a CO2 inflator. Also, I'm not sure about durability. I could see this thing lasting 10-15 tire inflations and wearing out. If you want a great frame pump (and your bike can hold one) that is very efficient, try a Blackburn. It's about 5X the size of this thing, however.
13 of 13 people found this review helpful
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 Very nice!, November 14, 2006
By Motomyth (Torrance, CA United States)
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I was a little skeptical that this pump would work. But it works very well. It is light and even though it is a very short stroke, it will pump up a road bike tire solid in a short time. It also looks very nice next to carbon fiber bottle cages. With a pump like this, there is no need to ever leave the house without one.
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
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compact and potent, May 21, 2011
By Whiteglitter79 (MA USA)
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I've been using this pump for a little over a year now and I am very pleased with it. It's small enough that I can easily fit it onto my frame along with two full-sized water bottles and moves enough air that in desperate times I can actually reset the bead on my tubeless 29x2.2 WTB wolverines. There have been three occasions since I've bought this where I've crashed or fallen hard enough to rip the front tire right off of the rim, and I've always (eventually) been able to re-seat it and keep riding with this tiny pump. It looks great on the bike too, for what that's worth.
If weight and ease of use are important to you then this is an excellent pump for the money. the new Blackburn airstik SL carbon is 4g lighter and moves more air per pump, but it's also significantly more expensive and from my experience with Blackburn pumps, likely much more difficult to pump quickly than this.
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