Planet Bike 1002-3 ALX Floor Pump with Love Handle

by Planet Bike

Product Features

• Planet Bike 1002-3 ALX Floor Pump with Love Handle with a special lightweight aluminum alloy barrel and dual head for Schrader and Presta valves
• Anatomically designed love handle for comfortable air compression
• Color-coded, two-inch, 160 psi gauge is elevated for easy reading and pressure rated to 200 psi
• Large padded steel base for stability and easy pumping
• Lifetime warranty

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Planet Bike 1002-3 ALX Floor Pump with Love Handle is celebrated for its sturdy and stable construction, comfortable anatomically designed Love Handle, and easy-to-read gauge that is color coded for different tire types. The ALX Floor Pump makes it easy to fill your tires to the correct level without constantly estimating by touch so you can experience the benefits of biking on properly inflated tires.

With a special lightweight aluminum alloy barrel and a large padded steel base, the pump is both lightweight and stable. The Love Handle features two handgrips that comfortably fit the angle of your hands when held in front of you pushing so you can pump without straining. The two-inch, 160-psi gauge is elevated for easy reading as you pump, and the pump pressure is rated to 200 psi. The AutoValve dual-head fitting gets a great seal on all bike tires and also comes with a needle so you can pump up balls. The Planet Bike 1002-3 ALX Floor Pump gets high marks all around--for usability, efficiency, and comfort--and with a lifetime warranty is sure to never let you down.

Specifications:

• 80 millimeters (more than three inches) taller than previous generation
• Special lightweight polished aluminum barrel
• Anatomically designed Love Handle for comfortable air compression
• Spring at bottom of the stroke for smooth feel
• Stronger gauge system than previous generation
• AutoValve dual head fits both Presta and Schrader valves
• Color-coded 160-psi dial gauge
• Large padded steel base for stability
• Pressure rated to 200 psi
• Rebuildable
• Needle and cone adapters included for pumping up sports balls

Manufacturer Warranty
Lifetime warranty

About Planet Bike
In November 1996, Planet Bike was founded in Madison, WI. In many ways, Planet Bike began as a social experiment that dedicated itself to doing business in a different way. Instead of being just another company that develops and sells products with profit as its end goal, Planet Bike wanted to help bring about positive change for people, their communities, and the environment.

Despite being a simple machine, the people at Planet Bike have always believed that the bicycle has great potential to help improve the world and the lives of the people in it. From the start, they have embraced an alternative corporate purpose which seeks to help get more people on bicycles by making communities friendlier places for the self-propelled. By donating 25% of company profits to causes that promote and facilitate bicycle usage, Planet Bike hopes to make an impact.

Social experiments aside, Planet Bike was born from the heart of a cyclist with a goal of making innovative, high-quality, and practical bicycle accessories. Simply put, the company strives to design and develop the best bicycle products in the world. In the company's short 10-year history, it has made important product innovations within the bicycle industry. Advancements include the four-line computer which is now a standard in the industry and the world's first self-contained HID light. Not bad for a company that 10 years ago started as a one-man operation. Today, while still a small company, Planet Bike continues to evolve and improve its product line with the goal of always striving to build accessories that make it easier for people to ride their bikes. Since 1996, Planet Bike's financial support of the grassroots bicycle movement has totaled $500,000. By 2010, they have made a goal to donate $1 million to organizations that are dedicated to making America a friendlier place for cyclists.

Product Description

Planet Bike new generation floor pumps have a stronger gauge system and are re-build able. Dual head works on both Presta and Schrader valves. ALX and STX are now 3-Inch taller and use spring at bottom of stroke for a smooth feel. ALX uses a special lightweight polished aluminum barrel. STX uses a steel barrel, plunger and base. Comp uses super-tough composite construction.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0015RA1RE
• Item model number: 1002-3
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great pump, May 20, 2008

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Carbon Fibre - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Planet Bike 1002-3 ALX Floor Pump with Love Handle (Sports)

Straight out of the box this pump's burnished aluminum construction was a good indication that I'd made the right choice. After figuring out how to attach it to my bike's Presta valves (open the valve, give it a gentle tap to bleed some air, press on the pump connector and then pull the lever up to lock in position) it took less than ten strokes to get 120psi. Very smooth, easy to read pressure gauge and the handle really is easy on your hands. Having my tires consistently pumped to their rated pressures has dramatically improved my daily rides - my tires are rock hard, but man are they fast! Big kudos to Planet Bike on this pump!

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent ergonomic bike pump at a great price., October 26, 2008

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Joshua G. Feldman "Technophile" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Planet Bike 1002-3 ALX Floor Pump with Love Handle (Sports)

I got tired of trying to inflate the bike tires on my family's four bikes with my hand held portable pump and bought the Planet Bike 1002-3 ALX based on price and ratings. I wasn't disappointed.
The hots:
1) "Love Handle" - two hand grips at just shy of a 90 degree angle comfortably fit the angle your hands are at when held in front of you pushing. The handle is padded plastic that feels fine.

2) The fitting that latches onto the tire is plastic, but of beefy construction with a metal latch. I find it gets great seal on all my bike tires no problem.

3) The gauge is a real treat for me. It's got the various tire types color coded. It was an education for me: I realized I had been chronically under inflating my bike tires for years. Inflating them to the right pressure was easy, quick, and precise. It felt great biking on the correctly inflated tires.

4) Aluminum tube looks great and inspires confidence.

Nots? Maybe all the plastic parts (handle, base, fittings) means it will not last as long. At the rate I use a bike pump and how beefy all these parts feel to me I think this will last a long long time.

All in all - the bottom line is that I was able to inflate my tires with very little effort, and in very little time, with great precision. This thing made inflating all those bike tires, if not an absolute pleasure, at least much less of a chore.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Versatile Bike Pump ... Great Price, October 12, 2009

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WryGuy2 (Arlington, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Planet Bike 1002-3 ALX Floor Pump with Love Handle (Sports)

This summer my old Trek bike floor pump finally gave up the ghost, so I needed a new floor pump. After researching pumps for a few evenings, I decided to go with this pump ... the Planet Bike 1002-3 ALX Floor Pump with Love Handle. What particularly caught my attention about this pump is that it has an automatic dual presta and schrader valve head. I have one bike with presta valves and one with schrader valves, and it was a pain to have to disassemble the head every time I wanted to inflate the other bike. The dual valve head works ... I place the proper valve hole in the head onto whichever bike tire I need to inflate, flick down the locking stem, and start pumping. It really works ... no muss and no fuss.

I've been using this pump for a couple of months now, so here are my "pros and cons":

Pump Pros:
- Solidly constructed and fairly attractive to boot
- Automatic dual valve head that works perfectly
- Inflates my tires quickly ... much more quickly than my old Trek
- Built-in, large air pressure gauge is mounted high up on the pump, so its very easy to read
- The "Love Handle" - the pumping handle is angled to fit your hands' natural position so its more comfortable to use the pump

Pump Cons:
- I couldn't really find any

Bottom line - I really like this pump. It feels solid, works well, and because of the versatility of the automatic dual valve head, I'm much more likely to keep my tires properly inflated because its a snap to do it. I highly recommend this bike pump.