Originally Posted by
Viich
As I left work yesterday (Friday), late already, my front tire flatter before I was 200m from the bike rack. Pushed back a bit to have a bench to work at, patched the tube.
4km later, front flat again. Change to my spare tube, hop on. Seems to be low, so I stop to top up a little, slip while pumping, and bend the valve core. It breaks when I turn the nut after trying to straighten it, but seems to be holding air. I put my zefal hpx back on the bike, and coast down to the lock to cross the canal. As I'm carrying my bike across the lock, my pump falls in the drink. Forgot to put velcro strap on.
I got home fine, but took a while and really frustrating.
I hope Monday is better for you. Cheers
Still better than driving in traffic.
We all have those days once in a while. Those days makes up truly appreciate the other ones. You may want to consider a pump like the Topek Road Morph, it has a hose, which makes damaging the valve stem less likely than with the Zefal. I wanted to put a Zefal on my LHT when I got it, since I had one for many years on a differen bike, and it worked well, and of course the LHT has a pin for a frame pump. The old bike has Schrader valves though, and are harder to damage with a pump. I went with the Road Morph instead and really like it.