I'm now riding Rockshox Reba RL on my Cotic Soul - they're my first pneumatic forks and it's clear that they need inflating now. I have a Joe Blow upright track pump and also a Lezyne prsssure drive frame pump both designed for tyres.
The local bike shop has a Lezyne dedicated shock pump for about £30. Do I need it and is it a good one to buy??
Airborne (Could do with rapid advice as they're closed for the Easter weekend and I want to get out riding!)
Definitely shock pump, they only take a very small amount of air, a track pump or mini pump will bugger up your forks.
I wouldn't worry about which one to much, i've always used an oem one that came with a set of forks, they don't need doing very often (set my Reba's up 15 months ago and haven't needed to touch them since) so i'd just get a cheap one, check out the On one phaart range.
You need a shock pump a normal pump will not work.
Shock pumps are high pressure, low volume while normal pumps are low pressure, high volume.
£30 for a pump is expensive. Normally Rock Shox after market forks should have come with shock pump. But if you need one quick for the weekend and can't be bothered to do the customer service route then try Halfords. The Bikehut version is exactly the same as the one Rock Shox gave me and cost me £15 a few years back. Ebay is cheaper still but you won't get it in time for the weekend.
Topeak do a really good one - Pocket Shock Pump DXG
Probably about £30 too - I've got a couple of others - that came with Fox and RS forks but the Topeak works much better and gives more consistent results.
Thanks guys - did buy the Lezyne one from the local shop (they did knock a few £ off) and have pumped up the shock - seems a lot better now. I actually found it very crap that Rockshox instruction leaflet for their forks didn't tell me how to pump up the fork. On my REBA RL's you apparently have to inflate the top compartment first, then the lower one. I would have had no idea of this unless Jon in Owens Cycles had told me.
Very disappointed with Rockshox documentation.
Airborne
thats normal there is a thread here somewhere about RS dual air forks. Also the sticker on the side tells you as much about air pressure as my arse knows about brain surgery.