At last a quality affordable floor pump ( pomp) that does it all

[Emazing]

I bought the Ryder AirTank 2.0 from Cylce lab for R1200 and it’s fantastic.

It can seat MTB tires (if you correctly position) has a realy good valve to press on to the presto and the gauge is great best of all it fast - fewer pumps. My last pump I bought 11 years ago served me well and still works but this is in a different league!

[Steady Spin]

Definitely an Emazing pump.

 

Will get one if my Birzmann ever gives up the ghost. At this rate it will be 10 to 20 years from now. It’s 10 years old now and still pumps like new.

[Thomo]

Ryder is an underrated brand with a few really nice items.

I have no experience with this particular pump but good to know that it works well.

There are a few of these air tank pumps on the market but some are hit and miss.

[DieselnDust]

It's a great product. All their pumps are exceptional value for money

[l4y3rcake]

I got one a couple months ago and can attest to the seating of a few tubeless tyres. Really good quality and R500 cheaper than the closest rival.

[Hairy]

Ryder is an underrated brand with a few really nice items.

I have no experience with this particular pump but good to know that it works well.

There are a few of these air tank pumps on the market but some are hit and miss.

I have had a Ryder hand pump for a few years, and I am the designated puncture repair guy in our commute group, so this little pump has seen tons of action over the years and has never skipped a beat.

 

Great little pump, and I can only imagine that the larger floor pumps would be just as good.

 

Ryder as a brand though offer exception value for money, and if there are any issues with a product I have found them to back up their products.

 

Ryder have earned my loyalty.

[Mark James]

Just purchased this week a Titan Racing "Airsurge foot pump". What makes it great compared to many other more expensive pumps, is that it only pumps to 140PSI / 10 Bar, so the indexes on the pressure gage are further spread out than a 14/16+ Bar pumps, making it easier to get an accurate reading at 2 bar (20% of the gauge), compared to my old pump that went to 16 Bar... Further bonus is that it is fairly small and compact, and cost roughly R250... Bargain at twice the price!!  

[Rocket-Boy]

I still battle to justify the price of these pumps. For R300 more you can get a 24l compressor that is also useful for other things.

[ChrisF]

I still battle to justify the price of these pumps. For R300 more you can get a 24l compressor that is also useful for other things.

The compressor is VERY handy in the garage ...

 

 

But, at some point you will need to reseat bead on weekend away with the bikes.

 

 

Sure, on the trail you will use a gas bomb. Super handy to have decent pump and tank in the car though.

 

 

My Bontrager pump should be better than my Ryder pump ... the Ryder unit has a much better unit for attaching to the valve, and is thus my go to pump.

 

 

Seating new tires, putting new grips on ... compressor time

[DieselnDust]

I still battle to justify the price of these pumps. For R300 more you can get a 24l compressor that is also useful for other things.

I have an electric pump in the boot that's there for puncture repair to my cars tyres. Also comes in handy when at races or holidays. But at home I want the convenience of a stand up hand pump with high volume and pressure gauge.

 

A compressor is super handy and requires no effort but it's not portable and doesn't scream cyclist

[Steady Spin]

I have an electric pump in the boot that's there for puncture repair to my cars tyres. Also comes in handy when at races or holidays. But at home I want the convenience of a stand up hand pump with high volume and pressure gauge.

 

A compressor is super handy and requires no effort but it's not portable and doesn't scream cyclist

I have the same setup in the car. High volume electric pump for the 4x4 outings. Can seat a tubeless tyre quite easily.

 

My track pump does duty in the workshop and on the trail. It’s almost exclusively in my car. Very accurate gauge and quite high volume and pressure.

[Chadvdw67]

I have a small 50lt compressor in my garage, it only gets used to dry the bike off really, I suppose if I can't get a tyre to seat then it will be used for that, but the floor pump I got from Sportsmans for R300 has never not seated a tyre, never had a problem using it, so....

[Rocket-Boy]

The compressor is VERY handy in the garage ...

 

 

But, at some point you will need to reseat bead on weekend away with the bikes.

 

 

Sure, on the trail you will use a gas bomb. Super handy to have decent pump and tank in the car though.

 

 

My Bontrager pump should be better than my Ryder pump ... the Ryder unit has a much better unit for attaching to the valve, and is thus my go to pump.

 

 

Seating new tires, putting new grips on ... compressor time

I had to reseat a tyre today that had been left flat for a while...

There was a lot of swearing and a lot of furious pumping that was only broken up with spraying more soapy water on the bead.

Tomorrow morning Im off to buy a compressor!

 

But yeah, I get the convenience of having a boosted pump in the boot of your car, I just cant justify the price.

[Thomo]

 

Tomorrow morning Im off to buy a compressor!

 

 

What would the minimum compressor spec be for seating tyres, particularly road tubeless.?

[Hairy]

I had to reseat a tyre today that had been left flat for a while...

There was a lot of swearing and a lot of furious pumping that was only broken up with spraying more soapy water on the bead.

Tomorrow morning Im off to buy a compressor!

 

But yeah, I get the convenience of having a boosted pump in the boot of your car, I just cant justify the price.

LOL .. I just answered a whatsapp request from someone experiencing the exact same problem right now, that I had to check your location to see if you were the same person

[ChrisF]

What would the minimum compressor spec be for seating tyres, particularly road tubeless.?

 

For the typical DIY home garage ....

 

The typical 25 to 30 liter compressor does the job perfectly.

 

Worth noting the "liter rating" refers to the size of the pressure vessel.  NOT the air delivery rate of the compressor itself.  For a workshop the air delivery rate is crucial in selecting the correct compressor and the correct pressure vessel.

 

 

 

Back to our typical DIY home garage. ..... the small compressor takes a minute to fill the pressure vessel, then shuts off.  You now have a about 25 liters of air compressed to about 8 bar pressure - https://www.adendorff.co.za/product/mac-afric-24-liter-direct-drive-compressor/

 

NOTE - the compressor SHOULD come with a "pressure regulator", which allows you to set a typical output pressure of about 3,5bar.  (set this lower if you are scared of popping a tire)

 

 

Buying anything bigger than the 25 liter home compressor makes no difference in the air deliver after the pressure regulator, not for the limited flow rates in a DIY garage.

 

 

 

Depending where you buy, some sort of accessory pack comes with the deal.  It may include some of these :

 

 

No 1 and no 3 in this photo are the typical accessories for inflating car tires.  I cut off the valve fitting on no 1 (will explain in a minute)

 

 

Seating tubeless tires are more about a very fast flow rate of air than about pressure.  To get the fastest flow rate :

- remove the valve core

- slip the pipe of unit 1 over the valve body (it fits loosely, so get two fingers on it)

- with the compressor tank full, and regulator set to 3 bar, pull the trigger BRIEFLY

- NOTE the tire seating .... 

- sometimes I give it two or three short burst of air to seat the tire ....

 

 

REMEMBER - the valve core is out, so you are not trying to inflate the the tire, just seating the bead.  It really helps to paint on some soapy water to the tire and rime before doing this.

 

- you can now press the little knob on the side to slowly deflate the tire, it should stay seated (mostly)

 

- add your sealant via the valve (if you did not add it to tire earlier)  (I do this with the valve at the 5-o-clock position)

 

 

- I always clean the thread of the valve with an earbud ... dont want sealing causing hassles in the valve ....

 

 

- insert the valve, and inflate the tire

 

 

 

CAREFUL ..... many horror stories of tires bursting when over inflated ....  do yourself a favour, CHECK the max rating of your tires, and set your compressor regulator below that value.  

 

 

 

 

Now that you have a compressor .... get fitting no 2 ...

 

It is simply THEE best way to "Blow on" silicon grips.