 Needing air on the road brings up its own set of problems. You didn’t expect to get a flat, but now you’ve got to either call home and ruin your ride, or fix the problem as quickly as possible and continue on. This is where the portable frame pump or inflator comes in. The frame pump is much smaller than the floor pump, thus making it portable. But this portability is what makes it inefficient. It’s going to take many more strokes of the pump with such a small barrel and length. Most modern frame pumps fit in a clamp fastened underneath your water bottle bracket. Ask the pros at DBC for placement advice. It will get the job done, but not as fast as your big floor pump at home.
A relatively new inflation device is the power inflator. Power inflators generally use a C02 cartridge in a holder and are only used one time. These inflators do a quick job, but as stated, are only used once. It’s all time and money; quick inflation and higher cost versus slower inflation and zero cost.
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