Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
There might be others on this forum that are learning from comments from others on this forum. His comments may have helped others that were unaware that some Presta valves have replaceable valve cores.
A friend of mine was unaware of replaceable valve cores, until he took the chuck off of his tire after pumping it up and the valve core when flying several feet into the grass, never to be found again.
Doubt someone that clueless reads bike forums looking to to be enlightened. Sounds like my brother who always skipped helping my dad on chores and instead watched cartoons Saturday morning. Me? I helped my dad and eventually became a mechanical engineer.
Speaking of which, I called my brother and asked about the old pump, he said he cleaned out his garage and it was sitting in a pile to be thrown away. I know my brother so I told him I wanted it. when I got it home yeah, it didn't actually pump much air but I knew what was wrong with it. My brother failed to add a drop or two of oil every year or so, there is even a hole at the top of the plunger with "oil" stamped in it, and the leather on the piston had dried out after about 20 years of neglect. This pump is all metal, I unscrewed the top of the pump and greased the leather until it was pliable and put it back together. Works like a charm, good for another couple decades.
I really don't need a floor pump now, but if anyone knows of one that somebody makes I'd like to hear about it.