| Title: | Bicycling |
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After waiting several hours (thank God for workstations) doing a text search on CO2, I only found one revelant reference in note 1292. I've just bought a new road bike (replacing my ATB for road use) and have been looking at pumps. Considering I only get maybe 2 flats a year I would perfer not to carry a frame pump all the time. I would rather have just a CO2 cartridge in my seat bag (or possibably one of the Micro Pumps). Is anyone using CO2, the Vetta Micro Pump or the new Zephal Micro Pump? Any comments on your experiences with either? Thanx, ...Ed
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| 1497.1 | Hard to break that seal when shaken up after a crash | CESARE::JOHNSON | Matt Johnson, DTN 871-7473 | Tue Apr 10 1990 17:00 | 8 |
I think I was probably involved in the original CO2 discussion.
Anyway, I USED to use those things, but I don't bother anymore.
Without practice, you're likely to screw up the inflation at least
once before you get the tire full. Then if you have another problem,
you're stuck! (That's assuming that you take TWO cartridges, like
they tell you to....) A pump is an infinite resource, and it doesn't
weigh enough to bother about. If you're in a short race, where it
matters, just forget about taking any repair stuff at all.
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| 1497.2 | A vote for CO2 | MAIL::ALBERT | Tue Apr 10 1990 17:03 | 16 | |
I went with a GT Instaflate. Advantages: Uses cheaper, non-threaded
CO2 cartridges ($.50 each for 12 gram size). Has a valve which
allows you to regulate flow. Disadvantage: Slightly
larger contraption than the CO2 devices which use threaded cartridges.
(But still plenty small to fit in a small seat pack along with a spare
tube)
They run about $10. For $3 more you can get a plastic mounting gizmo
that allows the unit to be secured to the bike frame in your choice of
spots. (It doesn't have to go on your bottle cage mounts, for
instance). Cartridges can be bought in 5-packs at your local K-mart,
Target, or whatever, usually in the pellet gun department. (Here in
Missouri, they keep the pellet guns separate from the real guns to
lessen the confusion among the buying public. But I digress.)
Tom
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| 1497.3 | I like pumps. | WMOIS::N_FLYE | Tue Apr 10 1990 21:38 | 25 | |
I have a vetta micro pump. I have it on my mountain bike though with
presta tubes. I find that it worked just fine the one time I needed
it. Since the volume of an MTB tube is large it took a while to
inflate the tube but very little effort was needed. Of course
inflating a road tire or schrader tube would be harder and I have not
tried those yet. If you do get a Vetta micro pump use a pump strap.
One bounce and the pump will come right out of the clips.
I am not a big fan of CO2. A couple of times now when riding with
someone else who got a flat they ended up using my pump anyways. Once
in the winter the CO2 froze the valve open and the CO2 came rushing back
out. Also the cartridges are not environmentally safe. They cannot be
recharged and must be thrown out after use. Cost is another negative.
I'm not a big penny pincher but I still won't pay that much for CO2.
Norm
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| 1497.4 | 2� | CLYPPR::FISHER | Dictionary is not. | Wed Apr 11 1990 06:07 | 4 |
If you got "maybe 2 flats a year" on your ATB, I don't think it's
safe to conclude that you will only get 2 a year on your road bike.
ed
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