• 1% Gauge accuracy
• Weighted Zinc baseplate
• IGUS Linear Bearings
• Stainless Steel Braided Hose
• Purpleheart Wooden Handle
• Full grain leather piston gasket
While “good enough” gets the job done, there is beauty in going above and beyond. The SILCA SUPERPISTA ULTIMATE is the pinnacle of what a floor pump can achieve. From the highly accurate analog gauge to the magnetic HIRO dock to the lathe turned Purpleheart wood handle, this floor pump embodies the SILCA mantra of passion, precision, performance.
Love the pump. Yes, it’s expensive but it’s a beautifully machined unit that gives me pleasure every time I pump my tyres, which I want to do more often now!
I was gifted this pump by a family member with too much money and, apparently, a guilty conscience. After learning how much it cost I immediately resold it for 3/5 the price (still 3x the price I'd pay for any floor pump) and bought new tires plus an outstanding bottle of wine. A fool and their money.
I have the super pista from the late eighties (when this was as an Italian company) and the only thing I’ve done to it is replace the leather on the plunger a couple times and upgraded to the far superior chuck gasket from the current ownership eight years ago (props to Silica for supporting the indestructible pumps from decades past). My pump works better than when I first got it. I’m too old to make this current option make any sense, but it seems obvious that this is truly a heirloom tool that should provide decades of use—even in a shop setting.
Note: the purpleheart handle will turn brown over time.