Blackburn Airstik CF

ademort

Hi
Has anyone got one of these pumps. I just bought one and it seems to work very well. However, i came accross an American website yesterday with a few horror stories.Is it really so bad.
Ademort

guilliano

Is that the tiny one or the larger black one?

ademort

guilliano wrote:

Is that the tiny one or the larger black one?

The larger Black one 283mm long, with Carbon Fibre barrel

Ademort

Gary D

I've had one for a couple of months and it is OK.

I think I've used it 4 times in anger out on the road and it coped well . The last time I pumped the tyre up as hard as I thought it needed, rode home and then checked the tyre pressure and it was a couple of psi short of 100. (I could have spent a couple of minutes longer getting a few more psi in - but at the time I was in agony as I had just knackered my back when bending down to pick the wheel up, and I also had cramp :oops: :oops: )

I know there are probably more efficient pumps out there (I have a £6.99 one bought from Wiggle, which is a clone of the Topeak Road Morph, and it is much easier and quicker to get a tyre up to over 100psi - but it is pig-ugly when on the bike and actually took a chip out the laquer on my frame as it rattled about :evil: :evil: so I don't use it anymore)

I am a bit of a bike tart and the Blackburn is probably the best comprimise between useability and aesthetics on my Carbon frame :oops: :oops:

I would recommend one if it fits your criteria.

Hope this helps,
Gary.

batch78

Happy with mine, had it about a year now, road and mountain bike.