There’s been so much cool stuff going on this week that we’ve hardly had time to scratch ourselves. Riding Roubaix, watching the Ronde, meeting and riding with The Lion of Flanders, and drinking enough Malteni to keep the brewery solvent well into the next decade isn’t an easy gig, but we’ve done it.
On our arrival in Westouter at the fantastic gite the Pavé guys have put us up at, we were greeted with a big box of goodies from our friends at Lezyne. Pumps, tools and cages were distributed among the attendees and Keepers, and so the Air and Tool Supplier for the Keepers Tour became official. We’ve put the cages to the ultimate test on the cobbles with not one bidon ejected, fixed loose saddles and bars with the multi-tools, and pumped up a storm with the beautiful Floor Drive.
We’ve always loved Lezyne’s stuff, as evidenced in many Reverence articles, and to team up with them is a pleasure. Which is more than I can say for bouncing across the Arenberg.
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@brett
Thanks for answering a question i've been meaning to ask for a long time.
@snoov
Woah, I never thought of that. One of my road bikes indeed has smooth valves. Never had to use the Road Drive on that bike when out on the road. Hmm, I wonder if I'd be able to inflate the tube considering the hose wants (needs?) to thread onto the valve.
I guess I should try this at home today. Glad this has been pointed out before it happened on the road, not sure why I didn't consider it before.
Design! I got it!
Polished Aluminum (or al-u-min-ium?). Anyway, Yum! Purchased a set of their sexy tire levers not too long ago in response to one of Frank's article. I just had to have them. They currently reside, via industrial Velcro, on the underside of my saddle parallel to the rails. The only bad thing about them being there is that I don't really ever see them and their shiny beautimus shape. As I really only have 1 road bike, not switching between bikes isn't a big deal.
@Ron Yes, a small black Pressure Drive mounted under the bidon cage is in my near future. Between that and the mounting of the levers, I'll be pulling off Rule 29 and minimal luggage in the jersey pockets - the ideal combination.
Usually I use Big Blue's products - Park Tools are all over my shop, but that Lezyne track pump with the wooded handles ia a thing of beauty.
kudos to the keepers tour boys and lezyne. i saw this combo coming!
i too love lezyne stuff. i have a good bit of their stuff and love all of it. even their lights are great with removable, rechargeable batteries and tons of brightness in a compact, sexy design.
i would like to offer some thoughts on the road drive pump, for anyone who may be interested in one... i recently replaced my topeak pocket rocket hp with the road drive medium and so far love it (less pumps and easier pumps at the end). but i do have some complaints. namely, they should have glued on all the rubber bits as they fall off all the time (before i glued them). it would SUCK if they were gone when you needed them most; especially the washers that seal the hose to the end. secondly, the handle end has to be open while pumping. this means you're then pressing your palm against an open hole hundreds of times; which hurts a good bit at the end, when you're really working. the topeak is rubber there, which is REALLY nice. probably not an issue if you've got gloves on and they've got decent padding, but i don't always wear gloves. as i said, i do love it, even though it's not perfect. the strengths make up for the weaknesses; i just think the weaknesses could likely be easily fixed.
i think i'm ordering their sv10 (or maybe carbon 10, if i can justify it to myself) next. i've been running the sv5 and love it but i recently broke a chain (two week old sram 1091r too; guessing it had a stiff link but i have no idea) and, lacking a chain tool at the time, was stranded 20km from home. it'll probably never happen again (or at least i hope not), but i'd like to be prepared if it does.
Lovely stuff from Lezyne - their new line of shiny aluminum shop tools is truly the stuff of envy for any home bicycle mechanic. I've been meaning to pick up a pair of their tire levers to replace my ParkTool ones, but no LBS near me carries them.
I just got their steel floor drive, and I have never used a pump that nice. I am confident that it will outlast many of the bikes I use it on. If any one item represents the ideals of the Velominati, it would be their floor pumps, classic, elegant, yet bombproof, with a touch of wood reminiscent of simpler days.
@VeloVita
Amazon or the 'bay. I got mine under $15, shipped.
@VeloVita
Nice, I will be checking them out for shop grade stuff!
@Tartan1749
I know, I was just trying to comply with Rule #58