It’s a low-pressure pump aimed squarely at fat tire types, so if you’re looking for a pump that will do double duty with skinny tires, there are better options. Thanks to its fat (508-cc) aluminum barrel, this thing does, in fact, push out a whole lot of air with relatively few strokes. In truth, my success rate in getting those tubeless beads to pop satisfyingly into place is about 50/50, but a lot of that also boils down to the tire and rim combo in question. So very fast, in fact, that you are supposed to easily seat tubeless tires with the thing. The Air Tool MTB is designed to inflate tires fast. It ticks off all the boxes that actually matter. This model-the Air Tool MTB-sits right in the middle of the range and makes the most sense for most mountain bikers. Specialized / are no fewer than nine Air Tool floor pumps in the Specialized line for 2016-there are ultra-high pressure models for the skinny-tire set, shiny, polished aluminum models that probably look good in a garage, nestled next to some mid-life-crisis-edition sports car and bare-bones budget models for Top Ramen aficionados on the other end of the economic spectrum. It’s only after a couple more seasons that you look back and realize, “Shoot, this thing is actually kind of awesome because I’m still using it and I don’t really want to use anything else anymore.” That, right there, sums up my experience with this floor pump, the Air Tool MTB, which retails for $80 and is worth every damn cent of it. Instead, it just quietly goes about its business. Sometimes you buy something, use it for a season and think, “This thing is alright.” It doesn’t automatically rocket to the top of your “best thing ever” list, per se.
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