Woot! Pump arrived today.

Fitted the tyres in about 5 minutes, from "being too big" to "BUGGERING ELL! GET ON THE BLOODY RIM YOU BLOODY TYRE" it did go

Understood that you had to pump the tube up a little then kinda "force" the tyre into the rim with the palms of your hands. Was a tight fit in the end.

Ahhh they look swish they do yellow labelly stuffs too lol. Shall take a pic once Ive refitted the wheels to the frame

The cyclaire pump, it lives up to its name.

Came with a saddle mini wedge pack for it, with an extra zip pocket underneath that looks like itll fit some tyre levers plus a multitool. Nice touch also is the rubber bung underneath the pump, conceals two self adhesive patches, now I know they arent worth the rubber their made from but might just be enough to just get me home until I can patch it properly should I have a puncture .

I reckon the cable pull on it is about 6ft long, I was pulling it from waist to above my shoulders without any issues of hitting the end of it.

Ease of pumping 0-60psi is done in about 10-20 seconds, after that point it was a slog to 80psi. Dont get me wrong, it did it with ease, but while "pull cord" technology seems like a good idea on paper, and the dual pumping action (it pumps on the pull out, and the reel in so you get a free pump) is great, moving your arm soon gets bloody knackering after doing one tyre, requires a lot more effort than stamping on a foot pump, but I think itd be better than any of the hand pumpy mini pumps that it is intended to compete with.

Overall im glad I bought it, because it means I can pack my entire toolkit in a nice saddle wedge, and just leave home, as opposed to using my panniers to carry anything, or lugging a rucksack.