Two of my Dahon folders have pumps built into the seatpost. Nice to have a pump with me all the time.
On my "road-ish" folder, I carry a minipump because I use Presta tubes and the built-in pump is for Schrader valves. However, I was able to help out another rider recently (while on the Dahon) because I was the only cyclist in the vicinity with a Schrader-compatible pump. --Eric N On Aug 6, 2012, at 1:48 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2012-08-03 at 14:53 -0700, lungimsam wrote: >> ...a seatpost that has the pump built in, so no need to strap on a >> pump on the frame and that means less clutter on the bike, which I >> like. >> >> http://www.thinkbiologic.com/products/postpump-seatpost >> >> I just feel wierd taking off the Nitto. I just like Nitto stuff. It's >> nice. Maybe I am wierd to even waste time thinking about this. > > > Look at how much trouble you went through to accurately set your seat > height. Care to go through all that again just because you had a flat? > > A properly installed seat post has grease on it [unless it's carbon in > which case it has something else smeared on it, "paste" of some kind] > and when you start pumping with that seatpost with pump built in you are > going to get grease on your hands. Not only will that add nastiness to > the grime you've already gotten on your hands, you will also likely > transfer grease on the brake tracks on your rims when you replace the > wheel; that will make your brakes squeal, shudder and stop poorly. > > Then there's the matter of the seat clamp. My Nittos have more offset > than the average post, and this one looks as though it might be a zero > offset. And my Nitto posts are two-bolt models, with micro-adjustment. > I doubt this one has a micro-adjusting two-bolt head. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
