![]() The $120 Digital Travel Floor Drive floor pump is made of a CNC’d alloy barrel & base, a steel pump piston, stainless steel foot pegs, and now gets a low-profile engineered plastic ergonomic handle. That’s a simple change by looping the hose over the handle and back to the base, but really makes this portable track pump about 2x as useful now. It also adds the Lezyne inline digital pressure gauge and gets a 2x as long hose compared to the old model. It is a little tricky to use – you have to unthread the base’s alloy end cap to fold the legs down, then rethread it back to hold them in place – but it should actually mean it is more stable in real-world use. It now has two fold-down stainless steel feet vs. Lezyne’s portable but still big Travel Floor Drive floor pump gets some major upgrades. The entire setup nests together quite nicely, and won’t rattle around as you ride, also thanks to a small magnet that holds the shiv.Īnd for ten bucks more a fully-loaded $50 Pro Tubeless Kit Loaded version includes a strap-secured Matrix mount that fits behind a bottle cage and also includes a 20g CO2 cartridge for your first trailside repair, all available in September. On the other end you get a CO2 inflator, and inside are both small & large tire plugs. The plug tool threads onto the tube for leverage, and the plastic spacer also helps not push the needle inserter too far in on a road tire so you don’t damage the inner tubeless rim tape. It’s the same size (even the same extruded alloy tube) as their small road pump, so it will fit in mounts you might already have on your bike.įrom one end you get a reamer/plug insertion needle tool and a small plastic spacer that holds the tiny stainless steel shiv micro knife to trim the excess plus after you are done – extra helpful for smooth rides on repaired road tubeless. The new $40 Pro Tubeless Kit combines everything you need into a single setup. Lezyne has a number of trailside tubeless repair solutions too. But a <$20 product that truly solves a real-world biking problem is awesome. Anyone should be able to develop a great $9999 bike. ![]() Really, I’m a sucker for small innovations that don’t cost a lot of money. They will be available sometime in September 2022. The Lezyne Tubeless Pro Plugs come in a $17.50 set of 5 (2xS, 2xM & 1xL) including a scuffer and 2 tubes of rubber cement since if you are lucky the first tube will dry out before you have to repair another tubeless tire down the road (or trail). While they are sizes to fit various sized punctures, the big cap is said to be effective at repairing cuts too.Įssentially, outward tire pressure from inside the tire helps hold it in place, so as long as you don’t have a cut big enough to have damaged the casing construction of the tire, you should be good. The Tubeless Pro Plugs come in three sizes, with 2.5, 3.5 & 4.5mm diameter stems and corresponding small/medium/large caps. The glue is said to be effectively permanent, where even if it loses perfect seal over time your sealant will likely keep the tire from leaking. It should be available separately in the future though. It isn’t regular butyl inner tube glue as that won’t stick securely to the tire casing, but Lezyne hasn’t officially revealed what type of glue it is yet. And then trim off the excess when you are done. The Tubeless Pro Plug has a wide mushroom cap that sits against the inside of your damaged tubeless tire and a long stem with a bit of a metal head to help push/pull it through the hole in the tire.Īt home or in your workshop, you glue to the inside of your tire (after cleaning it super well to get rid of sealant residue) using a special type of rubber cement that is included in the kit. Now, Lezyne has a way for me to pull out that ‘temporary’ trailside repair, and replace it with a more permanent solution that I won’t worry about creeping out over the life of the tire. ![]() As seems to be a trend at Eurobike these days ( these recent years?) though, it’s the small innovations that really stand out for me.Ī few weeks ago I got a nice brand new Maxxis enduro tire, and as tough as they usually are, I still managed to stab a hole in it literally on the first ride. Lezyne’s Eurobike showing revealed a couple of actual tool & repair innovations, tucked in together with a couple of small overhauls and upgrades. Lezyne Tubeless Pro Plugs fix damaged tires for good While they had plenty more new tools, a new travel floor pump that looked super functional, and even the neatest Airtag integration I’ve seen yet, it was the ability to easily and cheaply fix a tubeless tire for good that won me over. The biggest thing Lezyne had to show us was actually quite small, this simple little Tubeless Pro Plug.
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