Best bike pumps 2025: Mini pumps and Floor pumps reviewed and rated

With the only contact point between your bike and the ground, it's vital to ensure that your tyres are inflated to the correct pressure every ride.

It may seem tedious, but owning one of the best bike pumps will make fixing a flat on a ride or inflating new tyres at home much quicker and easier.

A well-designed pump is efficient and comfortable to use, whereas a poor pump requires many more strokes to reach pressure and feels awkward in the hand.

There are two main pump categories for cyclists; Mini and Floor

Mini bike pumps are small, light and portable, ideal for using when out riding in the event of a puncture or loss of pressure on road and gravel tyres. They can take a lot of strokes to inflate a tyre fully and are highly unlikely capable of getting a tubeless tyre up onto the rim.

Floor pumps (also known as track pumps) are intended for home or workshop use. With a large barrel and two-handed handle, they can quickly inflate regular road or gravel tyres with minimal effort and can even be used to pop compliant tubeless tyres onto the rim. They will usually have a pressure gauge (although the accuracy of these can vary somewhat) and include foot plates to stand on to keep the pump stable when in use.

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The best mini bike pumps

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Best bike pumps: Mini pumps

Best for quick inflation

The design of the Specialized Air Tool Road centres around maximising the volume of air it delivers relative to its size, to make inflating your tyres as quick as possible.

It's lightweight (99g) but long so you'll need to make use of the frame mount to carry as it won't fit in your pocket.

We found that the head fits really snuggly over the valve but is limited to Presta valves only. During our testing we also felt that the minimalist design does make it a bit more tricky to hold firmly but once you've got your hands in position it's quick and easy to get more than enough air back in your tyres.

Read more: Specialized Air Tool Road mini pump full review

Easiest to stow

A light aluminium construction, this pump is connected directly to the valve, without the need for any assembly or an extra hose.

At just 160mm long and weighing only 65g, it is one of the smallest bike pumps on the market, and easy to fit in a jersey pocket or even a saddle bag. If you are already packed to the rafters, the mini pump even comes with a frame mounting kit for either side of the bottle cage, or an optional extra centreline mount (although check the brackets fit on your tubing shape before investing).

The claimed 160psi seems slightly ambitious, as on test 200 strokes only got us to just above 60psi on a 23mm tyre. It's more than enough to get you home or back to race HQ, but not as impressive as the Lezyne Carbon Drive Lite Mini pump, although to be fair it was comfortable in the hands when using.

Read more: Topeak Microrocket AL bike pump full review

Best for accurate tyre pressure readings

A digital gauge on this mini pump from Lezyne will give you accurate tyre pressure measurements to a realistic and achievable maximum inflation capacity of 90psi, out in the middle of nowhere.

On test, we found that the hard-wearing aluminium pump was swift and efficient at reaching desired PSIs and, cross-checked with a regular gauge, accurate, too.

Its length and weight are more than some of the other bike pumps, especially when compared to the likes of the iPump Twist mini pump or Topeak Micro Rocket AL mini pump but it can still easily fit in a jersey pocket - just watch for losing the dust cap.

It's a great bike pump for several reasons. But if the price is putting you off, it's worth bearing in mind that it can potentially save you the additional outlay of having to purchase a pressure gauge.

Read more: Lezyne Digital Alloy Drive mini bike pump full review.

Best electric bike pump

Something a little bit different - the Cycplus Cube Mini is designed to be a speedier tyre inflator than a conventional mini pump, as well as being able to replace a brace of CO2 cartridges and chuck, yet be able to be quickly recharged using its USB-C port. It's also ideal for riders who might struggle to inflate a tyre to the correct pressure using just a mini pump. The sturdy aluminium case can fit a silicone sleeve (included) to further protect the it. The Cube Mini can be used with either Presta or Schrader valve types too, up to a maximum of 100 psi.

The pump is simple in operation with just one button, which powers the unit on and off, getting it to inflate, as well as glowing different colours to let you know the state of charge. In use, you reach the desired pressure by following the guide timings from Cycplus, which were accurate. For example, pumping a 700x25c tyre to 80psi takes 90 seconds. As the pump has around 200 seconds of usage time per full charge, this means that you could pump the tyre up twice before needing to recharge the unit. The charging time is quick at 20 minutes from a standard 5v/1amp phone charger using the provided USB-C cable. If you have a larger capacity tyre or need higher pressures the the timings will vary, and many scenarios are quoted by Cycplus in the manual. You can expect between 1 and 4 inflations, depending on your tyre size and pressure, per charge.

The one area that I'd like to see improved is that when set for Presta valves the pin used for Schrader valves is removed, rather than being reversed, as is normal in mini-pumps. This tiny part runs the risk of being lost unless you are very careful. This is a shame. I only use Presta valves, so I set it to that mode and put the pin safely in my toolbox, but I'd prefer to carry it in the pump just in case I need to help someone out on the road. You can leave it in Schrader mode, but reverse it as you need it, however.

Otherwise, a good little tool as long as you're happy with limited tries to fix that puncture, but if you use CO2 already that shouldn't be a problem. If you're risk averse then maybe a mini pump is the safer bet even if you'll be there pumping away for longer than 90 seconds.

Best bike pumps: Floor pumps

Best for tubeless

The Tubi 2Stage pump incorporates a knurled knob to remove a Presta valve core so that you can get more air into a tubeless tyre more quickly, promoting seating. That's Stage 1. You can then refit the core and flip a switch to get things up to operating pressure using Stage 2. There's an adapter if you want to pump Schrader valved tubes.

The system works well, but we did find that the overall number of strokes needed to inflate a tyre was a bit more than with a standard pump.

Read more: Topeak JoeBlow Tubi 2Stage bike pump full review

Best gauge

Cannondale’s Precise Floor pump is a very effective and powerful floor pump, thanks to its large shaft and long stroke allowing for a large volume of air to be delivered per pump. It can pump 25mm tyres up to pressure in 20 pumps, rather than the 30 it took for a competitor pump at a similar price point. We also found enough air was delivered to seat tubeless tyres on occasion.

The pump head works with both Presta or Schrader valves, includes a bleed capacity to get pressure to an exact amount, and also doesn’t require too much of the valve to be exposed to get a good grip on it.

The big selling point of the pump is the large pressure gauge – which is significantly larger than that of competitors. This scale is enlarged for the first 40 PSI, so that you can be very precise with larger volume tyres which require lower PSIs. The scale then goes up to 145 PSI, so possibly not enough for track riders, but more than enough for most cyclists.

Value-wise, the Precise Floor pump comes in at a pretty good level. It performs better than other similarly priced pumps – and as good as or better than more expensive ones. Although not made of any fancy, shiny materials as some more expensive options are, it is rugged and effective at its job. Overall, it is a great track pump and well worth the investment.

Read more: Cannondale Precise Floor Pump full review

Best do-all floor pump

Having a flat or changing tyres is one of the simpler but probably most frustrating jobs for the home mechanic. The range of different volumes and pressures of tyres and more than one valve type can all add to this.

The Specialized Air Tool Comp Floor Pump isn't going to inflate your tyres for you, but it does do a pretty good job of minimising the fuss regardless of your valve, tyre pressure and volume.

The SwitchHitter II head automatically adapts to Presta and Schrader valves taking away any fiddling or even remembering which one is which. The Air Tool has a max pressure of 120psi which is easy to achieve and the dual-scale gauge makes it simple to get lower pressure in gravel tyres too.

Read more: Specialized Air Tool Comp Floor Pump full review

Best for rapid inflation

Best on a budget

If you're looking for something a little less pricey than the dual-compatible pro-home Topeak Joeblow Booster floor pump, then this is the one. Finished with a steel barrel and a quality gauge, the JoeBlow Max II track pump is a great bike floor pump that meets all your basic needs, but limiting its extra functionality keeps the cost down.

On test we found that it took just 19 strokes to get a 23mm tyre up to 100psi, which makes it a very efficient pump.

The pump comes with a plastic twin-sided head that works with both Presta and Schrader valves and has a lever to lock it onto the valve securely.

There are even replacement parts available should anything stop working, making it a good long-term choice too.

Read more: Topeak JoeBlow Max II bike pump full review

Best for large volume tyres

An Editor's Choice pick, Lezyne's gravel tyre pump adds more air per stroke than road-oriented pumps, so it's good for higher volume tyres and may help achieve easier seating of tubeless tyres as well. It's made of aluminium and there's even an integrated valve core tool.

The digital pressure gauge means that you can get precisely the pressure you need for off-road riding, where getting it just right, even down to the nearest 0.5psi, is more important than with road bike tyres. Although designed for gravel tyres, the 100psi maximum rating means that it's more than adequate for most road bike tyres as well.

Read more: Lezyne Gravel Digital Drive Pro bike pump full review

Buyer's guide to the best bike pumps

How we test

We have a dedicated team of testers here at Cycling Weekly, whose job is to review a whole range of cycling products and to write objective reviews of their experience of using them day in day out in a whole range of conditions.

With huge experience, they're really well placed to compare products, identify their strengths and weaknesses and bring you an honest, unbiased assessment of how they perform.

When it comes to cycling pumps we've tested them for an extended period period of time to best assess their performance. For both track pumps and mini pumps we've looked at a number of factors including the stroke volume, the chuck design and the general ease of use. For mini-pumps we've also factored in their weight, how easy they are to carry on a ride and just how efficiently they'll help you get back on the road.