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andyb99andyb99 Posts: 229
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Buy a track pump - you'll get the full PSI in the tyres easily.

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    andyb99andyb99 Posts: 229
    Hey guys, i know there are a few of you who are bike experts on here so i'm looking for a bit of help...though it may seem silly.



    i got a new bike recently, a claud butler urban 300...its great...anyway i got a puncture and realised it has these tiny high pressure valves to pump up the tyres.

    I went to a bike shop and got this little collar to go over it to make a conventional pump or compressor fit however i'm having a real problem getting high pressure into the tyre.



    you undo this locking collar on the valve, put the adapter on but as soon as i attach a pump or compressor air rushes out....and it seems i can get about 35psi in but then air must be coming out as fast as it goes in so i cant get them up high (the tyre says 75psi)



    any ideas, can i buy a specific pump so i dont need the adapter???



    Hope you can help
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    andyb99andyb99 Posts: 229
    great....whats a track pump????
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    j27rtj27rt Posts: 102
    Andy,



    It is one of these:

    http://www.probikekit.com/advsearch.php?AQUERY=track+pump



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    andyb99andyb99 Posts: 229
    ahhhh, i seen them in the bike shop...will one of them deffo do the trick??? why are some £70 and some £17??
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    andyb99andyb99 Posts: 229
    would this be a decent choice???



    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RALEIGH-ALLOY-TRACK-PUMP-FLOOR-PUMP_W0QQitemZ380121222889QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Sports_Leisure_Cycling_BikePumps_SR?hash=item380121222889&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72:1688|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50
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    Chris JChris J Posts: 71
    For my monet I reckon one around 20 quid does it all. Dual valve thingy, ball needles and gauge thingy built in. Now, gas canisters for racing, there's a thing...
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