They don't always work, leaving you with a walk home.
I have found that more likely to be down to operator error, rather than the tool misworking, I have 5 of the things and never had a problem.
They don't always work, leaving you with a walk home.
Depends on your ride really,I bring 3 co2 canisters on the commute,19 miles each way,If I got 4 punctures over this distance,the bike would be thrown over the nearest ditch id say.
If on a wkend ride,I or someone on the ride would have a pump along with Co2 cartridges,The Co2 would be used first.
Co2 has made the commute a lot easier because now I dont mind changing the tyre and then inflating it in seconds as opposed to using a mini pump and struggling to get the tyre up to a decent enough pressure*
Great that you share the CO2 amongst the group.
It's more difficult with a compact frame, especially now that monocoque frames have curved profiles where the tubes "Join", as it were.Why is it that no-one seems to carry a proper full-sized frame pump any more? At one time every bike apart from an out and out racer, would have a pump permanently attached.
They don't fit my xs frames.Why is it that no-one seems to carry a proper full-sized frame pump any more? At one time every bike apart from an out and out racer, would have a pump permanently attached.
Oh good grief. I bet that was frustrating. In my eyes though you still did the magic century and a big well done to you !!I have just bought 2 mini pumps, one for each of my 'Nice' road bikes that have previously had CO2 cartridges. The main reason for the change was my recent century failure at 94 miles; I decided carrying a proper pump and having the ability to fix multiple flats was the way to forward
Because there is a range of excellent short pumps made nowadays which will satisfy the emergency need to inflate a replaced tube to a satisfactory pressure. The very smallest can fit in a back pocket; otherwise clipped to a fitting onto the bottle cage braze-ons is convenient and out of the way. All in all: better.Why is it that no-one seems to carry a proper full-sized frame pump any more?
The inflation choice of Champions.....