Originally Posted by noisebeam
As to the cold and frosty. Its been a question on my mind for a bit...
I use non-threaded inflator that hold the entire cart with a plastic carrier. Works great, but as noted a bit bulky.
But I've seen those very tiny interfaces, nothing but an elbow and a valve, that screw on the end of a threaded cart. What I wonder is how can that be used without giving fingers frost burn?
Al
The cart does get very cold - you'll get a good layer of frost on it even in warm weather. It stings the fingers a bit, but it only takes a few seconds to inflate the tire so there just isn't that much contact time. I doubt that the the little bit of metal in a cart has enough heat sink capacity to cause frostbite anyway.
I was, of course, joking about dropping one in my water bottle, but I have rolled them back and forth across my forehead in hot weather - feels really good.