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08-23-12 | 12:00 PM

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Bikes: 1949 Hercules Kestrel, 1950 Norman Rapide, 1970 Schwinn Collegiate, 1972 Peugeot UE-8, 1976 Raleigh Sports, 1977 Raleigh Sports, 1977 Jack Taylor Tandem, 1984 Davidson Tandem, 2010 Bilenky "BQ" 650B Constructeur Tandem, 2011 Linus Mixte

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Originally Posted by Puget Pounder

I carry around CO2, but I have never used it. I usually just ask another cyclist if I can borrow their pump. I have a frame pump on 2 of my bikes and my girlfriend has a pump mounted via cage bosses.

Those cartridges, IMO, are pretty wasteful. I bought mine when I was a budding cyclist thinking that "less = better", but now realize how silly that is in the scheme of things.

How is is that CO2 cartridges are wasteful? Once they're empty, you place them in the recycling bin. At least that's what I do.

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