On 5/16/2021 4:02 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 12:40:16 p.m. UTC-4, Mark cleary wrote:
So today at mile 50 heading back into town I hit a huge deep pothole. A car was passing so I really had to hold my line and not avoid it. Sure enough in a hurry a pinch flat.

My first confession is I still had one CO2 canister so I loaded it and frankly I must be an idiot. I manage to get some of it in the tire but it seems to leak out somewhere around the fitting/stem as I hold the chuck. No problem got my new Leyzene Road drive out and got it up nicely in a hurry. Frankly it would be just about as fast with just using the pump.

So I then go on and finish the ride 6 more miles for 56 today. I check the rear tire at home with floor pump that has gauge and the PSI was 84. No issues that works fine. I then topped it off to around 100.

I am I the only idiot who has no CO2 skills and even it I did would find it not dependable to ever really rely on.
Deacon mark

I pumped up a fellow's bicycle one time because he had a threaded CO2 cartridge but his inflator used smooth ones.

Whenever I get something new like the first time I got a CO2 inflator, I used it at home to get a feel for how it worked.

I like a decent pump a lot better. My favourite pumps are the Zefal HP or Zefal HPX.

Cheers


Well, yes.
You should see the mangled pumps people bring in from fatal
first use.

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