Originally Posted by
rekmeyata
I'm not big fan of CO2 either unless I was in a race than I would use them otherwise no way. Why pay for air when you can get it for free? Why have a waste product when your done using it? Problem with those CO2's is that most riders when they have a flat throw the damn spent cart onto the side of the road where they fixed their flat! I see that schit all over bike paths and lanes including their stupid energy wrappers. Take your trash with you and stop being pigs out there those of you that do that nasty schit, and you know who you are.
This really isn't a CO2 issue, but rather a bigger issue involving accountability. I carry my trash home unless it is organic and/or biodegradable. << Banana peels on the side of the road, energy gel wrappers go to nearest trash bin. Also as I mentioned, you can get the cartridges pretty cheap as long as they don't say
bicycle anything on them.
Funny story, I had a guy come into our shop, who bought a CO2 inflator and a bunch of carts from another shop. He came in complaining about having a flat every morning. I asked him how he was filling his tires? I had to tell him not to use the carts for general inflation since CO2 leaks out of a butyl tube in less than 24 hours. He never went back to the other shop, they never told him what CO2 was really for.