If you live in thorn country, it's the only way to go. OTOH, my arms will no longer have the exercise from the "ride-stop-pump-ride-repeat" method of progression.
Tangential: I must say that the Lezyne Alloy Drive (is that right? the fatter one of the short minipumps) is a real trooper. Sure it takes more cycles to get a big tire to 25 psi, but they are easy strokes. And the hose lets you pump the tire from above while supporting the bike with your torso, which sounds very weird but, really, makes it far easier to pump without finding a support or laying (verb, transitive) the bike on the ground. On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Jim Bronson <jim.bron...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wow, where have I been? I need to get some of these for my mountain bike. > > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> After finding that Stan's in the tubes in the very light Furious Freds >> was ineffective in stoping goathead flats (at least, with tubes/Stan's I'd >> get a leak every 2-3 miles that would not seal quickly enough and required >> stopping and pumping), and after having put several rides on the same FFs >> with Stan's, now tubeless, I can confidently say that Stan's works far >> better tubeless, at least in these tires and at their low (sub 30 psi) >> pressures. Leaks seal literally within 1 or 2 revolutions, and multiple >> rides over goathead patches with scores of thorns and holes have resulted >> in only a few lbs per sq inch lost over several rides, nothing which >> interrupted a ride. I just added a few psi this morning to get the tires >> back up to the right "feel". >> >> (OTOH, Stan's in the tubes in the Parigi Roubaix on my Ram has sealed >> perfectly. Perhaps the difference is in the pressures involved?) >> >> -- >> Albuquerque, NM, USA >> >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> >> -- >> 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. > -- Albuquerque, NM, USA Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ -- 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.
