Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
I have never used a CO2 cartridge, only a pump. But I have witnessed several friends use up their one and only CO2 cartridge and suddenly were out of luck without as much air as they wanted. Or in one case, had to wait for the spouse to pick them up at some road intersection when their spare tube started to leak too.
Yup, they had to phone their mommies to come get their little boys.
I could understand using CO2, put not having a back up plan is just plain stupid considering they make hybrid pumps that do both!