Floor Pump Hysteria

At my age, I should be remaining calm and collected at all times. As a matter of health risk and decorum.

Thing is though, I've been terribly upset with the total shit floor pump designs out there. And I've been quietly trolling for a decent solution for a long, long time. And today, I think I may have stumbled across the baddest mother of a pump. And I'm all manner of prematurely amped up about it.

I'd seen it before and it totally caught my eye, but the head looked like a POS because I was stupid and didn't understand what it was. The pump is a Specialized product and on my way out of Wheel Sport East after replenishing my brake and shifter cable stash, I happened to ask Mr. Grob (yep, same guy who sold me my rad pump track bike) about it. Jake doesn't eff around - when he says something, you can take it to the bank. And he told me this was a good pump. With a "smart head". Works with both types of valves.

Right. If only that were possible.

It's a $60 pump and I bought it. I wanna believe.

Well, I got the damn thing home and hooked it up to a coupla tires that were running a bit low. HOLY. LIVING. HELL. Who knew pumping up a tire could actually be fun.

Introducing the Specialized Airtool Comp.

Super stable base and a mega-diameter gauge with confidence-inspiring action.

Best of all though, the smart head  just flat works.

I topped off the tires on all eight bikes we have around right now.  My appetite was not even close to satisfied.  So I hit our car tires. They were soon at rated pressure and my soul was left longing. I headed down the block to pump up some of the neighbors' tires.

Car alarms quickly sent me scurrying home.

I'm telling you though, I think this might be the real deal.