Re: First flat in a looooong time

On 4/2/2025 1:28 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:

Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On Wed, 2 Apr 2025 12:23:24 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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On 4/2/2025 8:34 AM, AMuzi wrote:

On 4/1/2025 10:20 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

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Turns out she'd borrowed a Schrader mini pump. She didn't recognize
that it didn't fit her Presta valves. So I gave her tire irons, taught
her how to change a tube, and advised on buying the proper pump and a
spare tube, checked over the rest of the bike, etc.
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Pumps with single valve format (i.e., not reversible) are very old now.

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Huh. My only mini pump is the one I carry on my folding bike. (I did
some minor filing on the pump head to allow it to fit inside the bike's
seat tube.) Anyway, it's got only a Presta head, with an oddball adapter
kept inside its handle to inflate Schrader. I'm guessing it's 10 - 15
years old.
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Before I visited the young lady I mentioned, I suggested she buy a floor
pump, which she did. Dual head made of plastic, but the Presta head
seemed very difficult to properly clamp on the valve. And the (once
replaced) head on my own floor pump is getting dodgy as well. I need to
open it and see what's gone wrong. I suppose there are better and worse
pump heads on the market, but I don't know which are which.

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https://www.modernbike.com/topeak-mini-morph-g-frame-pump-with-foot-pad
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C'est bon
Soloman
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 I had one of those few years back, found it worse of both worlds, as it
wasn’t small enough to fit in a saddle bag or so on, but also not a good as
a proper track pump.
 I bought it for traveling I guess one of the electric pumps would make
sense for that sort of use now?

I tend to stay away from needlessly electrified stuff. I bought a new tire gage at my usual LBS a couple days ago. The owner (a friend of mine) suggested a fancy electronic one. Nope!
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- Frank Krygowski