sks rennkompressor

munnser
munnser Posts: 64
edited November 2007 in Workshop
hi folks, just got this track pump, and cant get it to work!! i need to use the adaptor, but cant figure out how it works, i think you are meant to put it into the main head, but that does not work.
its all about the bike!!

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  • woody-som
    woody-som Posts: 1,001
    The presta adaptor is normally a push fit onto the valve of the tube, and the treaded end pushes into the schrader(car type) connector on the end of thepump hose, then just move the lock leaver to lock the two together. the first couple of times it's a fairly tight fit. I found the presta adaptor would come of the valve sometimes, so bought a screw-on version from wiggle.
  • munnser
    munnser Posts: 64
    cheers woody got it to wok, but its not very secure!! might go down the screw on road myself.
    its all about the bike!!
  • andrew wheatley
    andrew wheatley Posts: 621
    The presta connector on the old Rennkompressor pump is one of the crappest pieces of design the world has ever seen, IMHO. It spoils what is otherwise an excellent pump. It'll work OK for a while, then the rubber washer strats to wear out, and the connector will blow off the valve as you pump. I used to go through about two washers a year, and getting replacement washers always used to be a problem, I don't know if it's any better now.

    Personally, I'd swap the connector for something that works better, but that' only my opinion.

    Andrew
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    The Topeak track pump head can be purchased on it's own and retrofitted to most other track pumps - I find this very good and it never blows off:
    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.a ... Head%20Kit
    It's a Lifestyle! -+-+- Coggan Training Levels
  • John Stevenson
    John Stevenson Posts: 962
    I know some people don't get on with them, but I'd had years of reliable use from a Topeak Smarthead on a Rennkompressor.
    John Stevenson

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