Silca Gravelero Hand Pump

If price and size don't matter a nice pump as long as you protect it from the mud.

*Pump head/valve clamp I started using Aerothan inner tubes. These have a fragile plastic valve. I prefer the Silca pump head clamp used with Aerothan to threaded pump heads. The clamp works well. *Dust cap The dust cap of the pump head does not fit nicely to the pump itself. The narrow gap between pump and rubber definitely gets full of dirt when you attach the pump to your frame via the bottle cage bracket. I contacted Mantel to find out if this applies to all pumps, or if I have a bad one. They couldn't tell me because these pumps are not in the shop. Consulting a colleague in the warehouse proved impossible. Too bad! *Price It's an expensive pump. The Topeak Roadie DA G is a more affordable alternative if you don't mind pumping a bit longer, it also fits in a saddlebag or cycling shirt.