weird pump

[simonali]

I remember some time ago a chappie inventing a little bike pump that was operated by some string that you pulled and made great claims about how easy it was to use. Questions:

Anyone remember what it was called?

Did anyone buy one?

Was it any good?

Can you still get them?

 

[alecstilleyedye]

it's called a cyclaire.

 

[simonali]

That's the fella!

Looks good apart from the 1 year warranty, which puts me off somewhat.

 

[John the Monkey]

I bought one.

It's ok - the gauge on them is excellent - the pumping action less so, I found (although I was going to 110-120psi with it) and the vibration it produced made my hands ache. It does come in a nifty pouch that attaches nicely and securely to your frame, with room for an unplanned deflation event kit in a small pouch below where the pump itself lives.

I prefer the Topeak Road Morph myself.

You can still get them, and the usual suspects (Wiggle, EBC etc) have them.

 

[yorkshiregoth]

I find them to be a tad noisy and also quite heavy, it can be a bit of a pain to change the settings from Schrader to Presta, but they are quicker than some track pumps.

 

[wafflycat]

I got a Cyclaire+

It's brilliant.

Being a weak & feeble girlie, I have b*gg*r all in terms of upper body strength, so if I ever get a puncture when out on the bike, using a 'normal' pump, I had great difficulty getting anywhere near any sort of reasonable pressure in the tyre. Not so with a Cycliare+.

It's very noisy but a few strokes and it's hard as rock again.

 

[yorkshiregoth]

I got a Cyclaire+

a few strokes and it's hard as rock again.

Must resist from commenting

 

[simonali]

a few strokes and it's hard as rock again.

Must resist from commenting

You and me both! Snigger.

 

[Fnaar]

It's very noisy but a few strokes and it's hard as rock again.

Hubba hubba

 

[wafflycat]

The smut quotient of the forum is falling this afternoon, it took ages for that to be picked up on!

 

[buddha]

The pull-cord on my Cyclaire snapped in half today, while repairing a p******e, 10 miles from home!
So, crouched in a muddy ditch, I took the thing apart to salvage what was left of the pull-cord. Reattached the handle to that, and the bl**dy thing snapped again. Not a happy chappy
Luckily for me I found a flat nylon shoelace in my saddle bag. Don't know how it got there. But I managed to use that as a pull-cord to get enough pressure for a slow ride home.

Looking at it now, the cord is pretty badly worn. As it rubs against a 'sharp' edge of the case when you use it. And there are lots of little fragments of the cord inside the pump body.

Just sent a cheeky email to cyclaire to see if I can get a free replacement (cord at least) - it's over a year old. Though I think I'll be using a more reliable and cheap-as-chips zefal pump from now.

 

[Zoiders]

The cyclaire must be good, because Cycling plus say it is

The fact that one of the staff writers is the importer has nothing to do with it...

 

[notthebuzzard]

No they ain't!

 

[Dave5N]

What's so good that it is worth the weight and size sanction over a normal frame pump?

 

[Globalti]

I use one of these: http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...1576_crumb_33980-31270_parentcategoryrn_31576

Last time I bought one it cost me £1.99. They last for years, weigh almost nothing and pump easily to a high pressure. Oh and you can suck up water and squirt the neighbour's cat.