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Old 11-14-10 | 10:22 PM
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Throw away your bicycle pumps...



There were rumours of motorists waking up with tires that felt weak and drained... now we know why!



Bwahaha!
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Old 11-14-10 | 10:40 PM
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That's a good idea.
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Old 11-14-10 | 10:53 PM
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With the average car tire at 35 or so psi, and my bike tires at 120, ain't gonna happen. My pump can get at least to 90 psi without to much effort, the minimum pressure to keep pinch flats at bay.
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Old 11-14-10 | 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by dynodonn
With the average car tire at 35 or so psi, and my bike tires at 120, ain't gonna happen. My pump can get at least to 90 psi without to much effort, the minimum pressure to keep pinch flats at bay.
It's funny before you think about it
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Old 11-14-10 | 11:54 PM
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With the average car tire at 35 or so psi, and my bike tires at 120, ain't gonna happen. My pump can get at least to 90 psi without to much effort, the minimum pressure to keep pinch flats at bay.
You need bigger tires!
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Old 11-15-10 | 09:59 AM
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Some heavy truck tires run at 120psi, lots are over 100. Of course they're often watched over by stake-wielding drivers, but tapping them wouldn't be any fun if it weren't a challange.
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Old 11-15-10 | 10:33 AM
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... or just find a scuba diver and attach this to their bouyancy compensator tube... they'll sink...

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Old 11-15-10 | 10:35 AM
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That's a good idea.
Yeah, my car: 35PSI, my commuter: 60PSI = no go Average road bike 120PSI
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Old 11-15-10 | 10:43 AM
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More like I'll be inflating the car tires from my bicycle tires

But...... If my Airzound bottle is empty, 35 PSI is better than 0 PSI
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Old 11-15-10 | 10:56 AM
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The only people that helps are tubeless tire riders. They can get their tires started from a car.
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Old 11-15-10 | 11:03 AM
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Then keep an inflated bike wheel & tire in your car, and use it if your car tires go flat. It reminds me of an AC adaptor I have, that on one end has a thing that plugs into a car cig lighter, and the other plugs into a standard wall outlet. I have no idea how to use it or what it's for, but it creates interesting conversations.
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Old 11-15-10 | 08:07 PM
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This reminds me of the old VW Beetle that I had years ago (and early 60's model if I recall correctly.) The windshield washer bottle was connected to the spare tire via a hose and operated on tire air pressure - no motor! Pretty clever unless you actually used it and forgot to top up your spare tire.
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Old 11-15-10 | 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris_in_Miami
This reminds me of the old VW Beetle that I had years ago (and early 60's model if I recall correctly.) The windshield washer bottle was connected to the spare tire via a hose and operated on tire air pressure - no motor! Pretty clever unless you actually used it and forgot to top up your spare tire.
I once had a car that lost its wiper motor. We simply used poly rope to operate the wiper. Driver would pull, then passenger. System needed neither motor nor air, but worked much better with a second passenger. One bad feature was that you needed to keep the windows open for the rope.... which really sucked when it rained.
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