Originally Posted by jimmuller

Yes.

Oh, you want to know what they are? Why didn't you say so!

Almost every time I'ever ever used my pump it was to help someone else who upon patching a tire discovered either that his/her CO2 cartridges were empy or that he/she had left is/her pump at home. Or simply didn't caryy anything.

A pump never runs out of air. If you have a spare tube or a patch kit (and the hole can in fact be patched), the pump will work.

More importantly, I ride vintage bikes and a vintage bike loses style points if it doesn't have a frame pump. Everyone has a favorite, but I find the Road MasterBlast (despite its name) to be very good and almost look C&V.

YMMV.