A couple of weeks ago, I rode 1,000 miles across France in thirteen days with six riding buddies. Everyone, except me, it seems, was carrying an electric mini pump; the most popular choice was the Cycplus AS2 Pro, one of the best electric bike pumps.
Jutting proudly from beneath my saddlebag was a cheap, traditional mini pump. I’m all for progress, but I considered electric pumps the worst kind of fad. Had my upper body strength become so feeble, my life so empty that I needed to fill it with such a tacky gimmick? No thanks, I was more than capable of inflating my tyres, and my ego for that matter, with seven and a half inches of rigid mini pump, just like a real man.
