Electric Air Pump recommendations

100 views
Skip to first unread message

Addison Wilhite

unread,
May 14, 2024, 10:36:38 AM5/14/24
to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com
My mom, who is still rocking her Riv AR at the age of 78, was asking me about electric air pumps for her tires.  Her arthritis makes a regular pump hard at this point.  I don't have any experience with electric pumps so I thought I'd reach out to the collective wisdom here.  She mentioned she was looking at an "expensive" Bosch but that's about all I know.

Any recommendations?

Thanks much,
Addison
Reno

Addison Wilhite, M.A. 

Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology 

“Blazing the Trail to College and Career Success”

Portfolio and Blog

Bill Lindsay

unread,
May 14, 2024, 11:37:12 AM5/14/24
to RBW Owners Bunch
Electric air pumps for what use-case?  Is she carrying this pump with her on her rides to pump up the tire after she fixes a flat road-side?  -OR- is this pump replacing a proper floor pump for inflating the tires pre-ride?  For the former use-case, I have no recs.  For the latter, I think the standard recommendation is a Harbor Freight compressor.  

Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA

Michael Morrissey

unread,
May 14, 2024, 1:09:10 PM5/14/24
to RBW Owners Bunch
I have one of these:

along with one of these:

Works great and cheap. Plus you can set the air pressure to a precise PSI and the air pump stops.

M
Reply all
Reply to author
Forward
0 new messages