Joined: Feb 2013
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From: Near St. Louis, Missouri
Bikes: Giant Defy Advanced, Breezer Doppler Team, Schwinn Twinn Tandem, Windsor Tourist, 1954 JC Higgens
Get a good floor pump for day-to-day inflating. Use the compact pump only for emergencies.
Keep the kurl nut on the presta valve. It keeps the presta valve from being pushed into the rim and ripping the tube where the valve attaches to the tube.