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Inflating road tire, on the road - how??
Hi All,
Before I leave for a ride, it's pretty easy to use a track pump to get all the p.s.i.s I want in my tyres' air chambers. Now, suppose one of 2 situations: 1) I have a flat, fix it, and then, how do I get back to pressures of at least 100 psi?? Naturally, a small pump can get me going, but I doubt it goes anywhere near the 110/120 psi I normally use. Anyway, it would just mean I take longer to get back home. 2) Suppose, however, I'm on a longish jorney, of a few days, heading to a meeting point with my family (whose travelling by car). Even if I don't have a puncture, what's the alternative to taking the track pump along for the ride, and use it every morning to set the pressures right?? Are fat, non Presta valve chambers the answer? I don know, there are several Presta to Schrader adaptors, so teoretically I could pump up the tyres at a gas/petrol station. However, I have yet to experiment one such adaptor that works as avertised - all I've tried so far let all the air leak, and I end up with less pressure rather than more - and, how much can I expect a gas station pump to inflate a tyre? The biggest pressure I've ever put in a car tyre is 55 psi, which is rather low for bicycle road tyre ... Sugestions, please? TIA, jbr |
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PS - What's wrong with Schrader valves being used on road bikes
(except for competition use, where every gram counts, and aero matter counts)?? jbr On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:51:38 GMT, (BigBen) wrote: Hi All, Before I leave for a ride, it's pretty easy to use a track pump to get all the p.s.i.s I want in my tyres' air chambers. |
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BigBen wrote:
PS - What's wrong with Schrader valves being used on road bikes (except for competition use, where every gram counts, and aero matter counts)?? Some hand pumps are designed for Presta valve use only. Also, the majority of fellow riders will be carrying pumps set on Presta mode. -- Phil |
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BigBen wrote: Hi All, Before I leave for a ride, it's pretty easy to use a track pump to get all the p.s.i.s I want in my tyres' air chambers. Now, suppose one of 2 situations: 1) I have a flat, fix it, and then, how do I get back to pressures of at least 100 psi?? Naturally, a small pump can get me going, but I doubt it goes anywhere near the 110/120 psi I normally use. Anyway, it would just mean I take longer to get back home. 2) Suppose, however, I'm on a longish jorney, of a few days, heading to a meeting point with my family (whose travelling by car). Even if I don't have a puncture, what's the alternative to taking the track pump along for the ride, and use it every morning to set the pressures right?? Are fat, non Presta valve chambers the answer? I don know, there are several Presta to Schrader adaptors, so teoretically I could pump up the tyres at a gas/petrol station. However, I have yet to experiment one such adaptor that works as avertised - all I've tried so far let all the air leak, and I end up with less pressure rather than more - and, how much can I expect a gas station pump to inflate a tyre? The biggest pressure I've ever put in a car tyre is 55 psi, which is rather low for bicycle road tyre ... Sugestions, please? TIA, jbr I have, on a number of occasions, with great ease pumped up tires to 110-120 PSI with my Road Morph. Why worry about adapters, etc. It works fine with both presta and schraeder. And I have used it on long tours, covering weeks. I top off the pressure every few days. No problem - rick |
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BigBen wrote:
Hi All, Before I leave for a ride, it's pretty easy to use a track pump to get all the p.s.i.s I want in my tyres' air chambers. Now, suppose one of 2 situations: 1) I have a flat, fix it, and then, how do I get back to pressures of at least 100 psi?? Naturally, a small pump can get me going, but I doubt it goes anywhere near the 110/120 psi I normally use. Anyway, it would just mean I take longer to get back home. Topeak Mini Morph or Road Morph. 120+ psi is doable with these mini floor pumps, even with my tiny 135-lb body. 2) Suppose, however, I'm on a longish jorney, of a few days, heading to a meeting point with my family (whose travelling by car). Even if I don't have a puncture, what's the alternative to taking the track pump along for the ride, and use it every morning to set the pressures right?? Topeak Mini Morph or Road Morph. I don't have arms of steel and don't plan on acquiring them through pump use. -- Phil |
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BigBen wrote:
Now, suppose one of 2 situations: 1) I have a flat, fix it, and then, how do I get back to pressures of at least 100 psi?? Naturally, a small pump can get me going, but I doubt it goes anywhere near the 110/120 psi I normally use. Anyway, it would just mean I take longer to get back home. Zefal HP, good for 120 PSI (I do this routinely). If you are willing to suffer a little more, Silca Imperios will do the same (I also do this routinely). Lots of other more recently designed candidates as well. Are fat, non Presta valve chambers the answer? I don know, there are several Presta to Schrader adaptors, so teoretically I could pump up the tyres at a gas/petrol station. Two thoughts: 1) It's easy to explode tires at the gas station. I've personally witnessed this twice (one time I may have been the culprit; memory fades). 2) Presta are easier to work with and more durable in my experience. Mark |
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BigBen wrote: Hi All, Before I leave for a ride, it's pretty easy to use a track pump to get all the p.s.i.s I want in my tyres' air chambers. Now, suppose one of 2 situations: 1) I have a flat, fix it, and then, how do I get back to pressures of at least 100 psi?? Naturally, a small pump can get me going, but I doubt it goes anywhere near the 110/120 psi I normally use. Anyway, it would just mean I take longer to get back home. 2) Suppose, however, I'm on a longish jorney, of a few days, heading to a meeting point with my family (whose travelling by car). Even if I don't have a puncture, what's the alternative to taking the track pump along for the ride, and use it every morning to set the pressures right?? 1) A 16g CO2 cartridge will inflate a road tire to 120 psi in seconds. These days, many riders carry one or two CO2 cartridges and a small valve adaptor in place of a bulky frame pump. 2) Switch to standard butyl tubes from ultralight or latex tubes which have to be topped off every day. A standard butyl tube loses a negligible amount of air pressure even over several days. |
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"Mike Krueger" wrote in message
oups.com... BigBen wrote: Hi All, Before I leave for a ride, it's pretty easy to use a track pump to get all the p.s.i.s I want in my tyres' air chambers. Now, suppose one of 2 situations: 1) I have a flat, fix it, and then, how do I get back to pressures of at least 100 psi?? Naturally, a small pump can get me going, but I doubt it goes anywhere near the 110/120 psi I normally use. Anyway, it would just mean I take longer to get back home. 2) Suppose, however, I'm on a longish jorney, of a few days, heading to a meeting point with my family (whose travelling by car). Even if I don't have a puncture, what's the alternative to taking the track pump along for the ride, and use it every morning to set the pressures right?? 1) A 16g CO2 cartridge will inflate a road tire to 120 psi in seconds. These days, many riders carry one or two CO2 cartridges and a small valve adaptor in place of a bulky frame pump. 2) Switch to standard butyl tubes from ultralight or latex tubes which have to be topped off every day. A standard butyl tube loses a negligible amount of air pressure even over several days. ditto on the 16g Co2 cartridge and inflator, it inflates to 120psi no problem with 700c23 tires. Great for when you are all tire, hot, sweaty and don't want to mess with it all.:-) A long frame pump like the Zefal, Topeak, etc work good too, but the Topeak Turbo Road Morph is better as it has a short air hose on the end to make it easier to pump up the tire without tearing the valve stem off. You can use both hands on the pump then. |
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