Thread: Pump or CO2?
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Old 02-18-15 | 01:07 PM
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Bandera
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From: TX Hill Country
Originally Posted by juanebici
also, how much does it take to pump a road tire (I run 23 mm)
Around 90 strokes w/ a frame mount Silca Imperio, less effort than walking home pushing a bike.

I have a pump and a dedicated flats kit on each of my bikes, the CF bike carries CO2 w/ it's Lezyne mini.
Nearly every season there is dejected rider on the roadside who needs to borrow my pump when his/her CO2 cartridges have been vented into the atmosphere instead of their tube.
Style over substance, no practice repair runs, willingness to call mommy for rescue? Experience says: buy a pump and leave it on the bike, or have a follow car.

As a side note I don't install a tube that hasn't been given enough air to take it's shape pre-install, and inflated enough for positive tire seating after.
Even if one is using CO2 to get to full pressure not having even a mini pump along makes for a lousy install process that can lead to a pinch re-flat or a blow off.

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