Joined: May 2007
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From: SF Bay Area
Bikes: Litespeed Ultimate, Ultegra; Canyon Endurace, 105; Battaglin MAX, Chorus; Bianchi 928 Veloce; Ritchey Road Logic, Dura Ace; Cannondale R500 RX100; Schwinn Circuit, Sante; Lotus Supreme, Dura Ace
I went through a couple years of flatting so infrequently that I could not remember from flat to flat how to use my CO2 inflator. Mess up with one of those, and you end up with one or more empty cartridges AND a flat tire. Ask me how I know.
So I gave up on CO2 and always have a pump, because it's nearly impossible NOT to figure out how to use one, and even if you do, you can always start over. My steel and aluminum bikes fit frame pumps, so that's what I carry with them. The CF bikes have no place to put them, so I carry a Lezyne Road Drive minipump. The Lezyne works fine, but takes forever to fill a 28mm tire.
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