frame tire pump

[alpinerabbit]

Floor pumps are definitely better suited than the wee frame pumps.

For on-road fixes, I carry CO2 cartridges with the corresponding adapters. Very useful.
I've used them once so far and I would hate to see myself having to inflate a road tire with a hand pump. They have enough life in them for about 2 tires, I'd guess, but I'd always have a fresh one on hand as well.

The adapter sets that we get here can even be used to go and inflate a bike tire at a gas station. They separate into different parts so you can use any type of valve and pump it up using the compressors they have at gas stations.


*pump up the jam, pump it up....*


p.s. Does anyone recommend that goo stuff that came in my saddle bag, for fixing punctures?

[coyote]

I've got a Hurricane MiniMax pump. It has a foot that comes out of the base...voila a floor pump that you can carry on your bike. It will fit presta or schraeder. They even make one that has a gage on it. It is really quick and easy to fill up even a road bike tire. I was amazed.

http://www.bicyclebuys.com/item/0114588

[bikerchick68]

http://biketiresdirect.com/productde...FQ3YggodDBD-mg

I carry the Topeak Road Morph... converts to a floor pump and has a guage so you know what PSI you're at. I pump my 120 rated tires to 110 per my friend at Mavic.

Hope you've got the pump all figured out now...

check with your LBS too and see if they offer free maintenance classes. They teach basics such as the names of all the bikes parts, how to pump tires, how to fix and patch flats and how to make minor derailleur adjustments etc...

[melissam]

Perfect response! Now I understand the differences between the two-- thanks to the pictures. I really need to get a floor pump! Thanks again.

You're very welcome! Hope you got your tires pumped up.

that came to my mind immediately. When I was about 7, my mom and I would sing that together. Imagine a 7 year old girl singing "Strangers In The Night"

Gosh, Zen, I'd rather not imagine that.

melissam left out one crucial step: after you push the pump head onto the valve you usually have to lock the head to the valve. This is usually done by lifting a lever on the pump head but sometimes, depending on the pump, you may have to push down a lever.

Yikes, MDHS, I got so wrapped up in the Presta/Schrader thing that I totally forgot to include this step.

I got that song stuck in my head, too, but it was an obscene version I learned from my big brother in the '60s!

Karen

Hmmm, this could be interesting to hear. Maybe by PM....

[Geonz]

Sigh, now I'm trying to figure out obscene versions

I also have a road morph... and it works better than my Joe Blow which doesn't seem to want to work on either valve kind (I've got Presta, Schrader and I think Woods ... variety is the spice of life!)

[Tuckervill]

Sorry, I'm listening to the newest Barenaked Ladies and I don't want to turn it off to retrieve that version out of my head. It had something to do with exchanging something besides glances.

Maybe later!
Karen

[mimitabby]

with my road morph today I pumped up a flat tire long enough to hear it empty sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

then I changed the tube and dug out the glass and pumped the tire up again.

road morph RA RA!