Lezyne Sport Drive HV

Length: 19cm
Weight: 98g

The Sport Drive HV is a stubby, but conventional-looking hand pump, with the only apparent difference over the Alloy Drive being a composite handle and a lower state of shininess. And a tenner saved. The pump is shorter overall although the included hose is almost the same, but it doesn’t have a Presta bleed valve.

The hose is double ended – Presta at one end and Schrader at the other – so it’s a cinch to swap over if needed. Each end is a slightly different shape, so it’s fairly straightforward to tell which end is which in failing light without having to squint. The pump then functions exactly like the one you had on that old racer when you were a kid. The one minor issue, in these ultra-convenience times, is disengaging the pump after you’ve filled your tyre: you’ve got to disengage the hose from the pump, then release the hose. But it’s easy enough, and if you ever used a frame-mount pump as a kid – it’s quite a lot like that.

Overall: The simplicity of the design means that the stroke is fairly long for such a stumpy pump without having to stick any fancy valve gubbins at one end. However, care must be taken for the larger of hand: it’s all too easy to nip painful fleshy bits when you’re vigorously pumping, as I can attest. But it’s a pump I’d be happy to keep in my pack, and at a good price.