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Since the invention of the pneumatic bicycle tire, riders have been forced to air up their rides. At this point, there are several different bike pump head designs, but for Fernando Tages, the Founder of Radian USA/Chainlift, there had to be a better way. It’s a classic story, man gets tired of an issue he faces every day, and decides to find a way to fix it. Tired of struggling with existing pump heads and losing air when removing the chuck from the valve, Fernando decided to put his 30+ years of product design and manufacturing to use and Radian USA came up with Zilch. That is, a pretty interesting bike pump called the Zilch.
It’s worth pointing out that this isn’t Radian USA’s first rodeo. We wrote about the brand in 2020 with their Chainlift device , which is a unique tool to help with bicycle maintenance. Now, with Zilch, Radian USA is poised to reach a lot more consumers with a patented pump design that looks like a home run. The main goal of Zilch is to make tire inflation easier. Most pump heads either require you to force the valve through a rubber grommet or to use two hands to operate a locking mechanism on the chuck. Zilch uses a one-handed design that goes onto the valve with zero effort. That’s because until you lock the handle in place, there is […]
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