Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
Some of them have pressure limiters, but I'm too scared to test their effectiveness.
When I was in high school, I went to the local gas station to fill up my bike tires. This was Manhattan, and gas stations are rare. This one is indoors, like a cave. I blew my tire, and the explosion in the cave-like space was louder than usual. The owner told me never to come back. This was before coin-operated pressure-limiting compressors.