screwed by Microflate - saved by Walmart! [long]
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screwed by Microflate - saved by Walmart! [long]
foolish me... i did my vegetable market shopping on my singlespeed this morning... loaded up with all kinds of good deals (pineapple $1 each, four big bakers for $1, several pounds of tomatoes for $1, quart of hot peppers, etc.)...
so i leave the market, get about a block and this a55bag in a large truck with a cellphone in his ear blocks my path while waiting for traffic...
i trackstand while lugging 40 lbs of market goods in my mess bag, and you guessed it: a pinch flat on the front tire... (i'm beef-a-roni too, which doesn't help)
well, this just happens to be the only bike that i don't equip with those great Hurricane Air Sceptre pumps (scored for $9 each when shopping for deals at Performance meant something)...
however, i did have one of these in the mini seat bag:
a Microflate Nano, along with the required screw-thread 16-gram CO2 cartridge... without thinking, i had also thrown in an old spare cartridge rolling around in the junk drawer...
so i patch the tire, and push the Nano's head onto the valve - turn the cartridge, and...
nothing, nada, zip - the Genuine Innovations 'brand new' cartridge was devoid of CO2!
"No problem," i thought, reaching for the spare cartridge... until i looked at it... "Rats!" was my next thought...
it was one of those cheap $8-a-dozen 12-gram BB gun CO2s from Wally World!
so there i was, flat tire, no pump, empty 'new' cartridge, and a non-compatible cartridge...
so i thought, "The heck with this," took the cartridge, and pushed it into the Nano head while holding it onto the tube's valve...
it worked - inflated the tire, and got me home.
so, thanks Wally World - and boo to Genuine Innovations (even though i was able to use the Nano head)...
i'm ditching CO2 and putting a pump on the bike...
so i leave the market, get about a block and this a55bag in a large truck with a cellphone in his ear blocks my path while waiting for traffic...
i trackstand while lugging 40 lbs of market goods in my mess bag, and you guessed it: a pinch flat on the front tire... (i'm beef-a-roni too, which doesn't help)
well, this just happens to be the only bike that i don't equip with those great Hurricane Air Sceptre pumps (scored for $9 each when shopping for deals at Performance meant something)...
however, i did have one of these in the mini seat bag:
a Microflate Nano, along with the required screw-thread 16-gram CO2 cartridge... without thinking, i had also thrown in an old spare cartridge rolling around in the junk drawer...
so i patch the tire, and push the Nano's head onto the valve - turn the cartridge, and...
nothing, nada, zip - the Genuine Innovations 'brand new' cartridge was devoid of CO2!
"No problem," i thought, reaching for the spare cartridge... until i looked at it... "Rats!" was my next thought...
it was one of those cheap $8-a-dozen 12-gram BB gun CO2s from Wally World!
so there i was, flat tire, no pump, empty 'new' cartridge, and a non-compatible cartridge...
so i thought, "The heck with this," took the cartridge, and pushed it into the Nano head while holding it onto the tube's valve...
it worked - inflated the tire, and got me home.
so, thanks Wally World - and boo to Genuine Innovations (even though i was able to use the Nano head)...
i'm ditching CO2 and putting a pump on the bike...
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https://www.topeak.com/products/Mini-Pumps/TurboMorphG
Been using one of these for awhile now. Could also replace a floor pump. The Mini model is even smaller,but doesn't have a gauge.
Been using one of these for awhile now. Could also replace a floor pump. The Mini model is even smaller,but doesn't have a gauge.
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https://www.topeak.com/products/Mini-Pumps/TurboMorphG
Been using one of these for awhile now. Could also replace a floor pump. The Mini model is even smaller,but doesn't have a gauge.
Been using one of these for awhile now. Could also replace a floor pump. The Mini model is even smaller,but doesn't have a gauge.
i keep one in the bike toolbox in the truck as it works as well as a floor pump but takes little space... though one thing i never liked about the pump was the Topeak-designed frame attachment...
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Ummm, you turn the cartridge all the way in, the back off a half turn to get the CO2 to discharge.
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I have a couple pumps that are designed for CO2, but you can pump them by hand if needed, although it sucks.
Someone needs to invent a frame pump with some type of shunt where one can affix a screwed CO2 cylinder, let 'er rip, but without affecting the ergonomics of being able to pump up a tire by hand.
Someone needs to invent a frame pump with some type of shunt where one can affix a screwed CO2 cylinder, let 'er rip, but without affecting the ergonomics of being able to pump up a tire by hand.
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I've been shkrewt by the inoovations before. Totally empty dead cartridge. I switched to the good ol frame pump (Zefal). SInce I'v lent it to several CO2 believers!..If I had a nickle for every one of them, I'd have anew carbon bike!
I've helped a dude that had the Morph whatever. I wasn't impressed. If you've got good technique with a frame punmp, it's much easier!
I've helped a dude that had the Morph whatever. I wasn't impressed. If you've got good technique with a frame punmp, it's much easier!