I had a co-worker of a family member giving me a ride to the start of the Houston-Austin MS150 a few years back and when he saw people pumping up tires with a floor pump he asked why people would do that at all given the existence of CO2 cartridges.
*facepalm* I didn't really give him any negative feedback as he had been kind enough to let me stay at his house while I was in the Houston area, and there wasn't really time to explain as I was about to get out of the car. On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:08 PM, Darin G. <dbg...@mac.com> wrote: > I stopped one day to help a couple of guys who were asking for a C02 > chuck. I told them I didn't have a chuck but offered them my frame pump > and they just waved me off, saying they would wait for the rest of their > group. I don't think they knew how to use it. > > On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 4:31:47 PM UTC-6, Deacon Patrick wrote: > >> I tried. Saw a carbon fiber bike, spandex clad older gentleman at the >> side of the trail, rear wheel off so pulled over. Poor guy had 4-5 patches >> unsealed at the edges with the plastic still on them that had clearly been >> ridden. He was afraid to use his CO2 to find the leak. I offered my hand >> pump, quipping that I had an unlimited supply of air (standing up wind from >> him the whole time so as to survive laundry scents). The air went out of >> the tube almost immediately, so likely a faulty valve. I offered him my >> tube, but it was going to be a squeeze with my 40mm tube in his 25mm tire. >> Then his racing aero rims needed a much longer valve stem than my tube has, >> so my tube (which would have just squeezed in there) couldn’t be inflated >> anyway. He gave up and called his wife. I rode on. >> >> I do not understand racing kit for practical cycling. >> >> Still, I got to enjoy a great break along Fountain Creek, on a curve away >> from the noise of the interstate, after a morning down in Colorado Springs >> on an errand. I returned home feeling far better than I would have if I’d >> had my wife drive me there and back, and I got a great 45 mile ride. What a >> great day, despite my failure to help this poor lad! >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org <http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org>* >> *www.OurHolyConception.org <http://www.OurHolyConception.org>* >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
