co2 pumps for a road bike?

[witeowl]

First, I tried to do a search, but the search function refuses to search for co2... So, sorry if I'm the umpteenth person to ask this.

Do any of you use co2 pumps? When I bought my bike, I decided on a mini-pump for on the road, and have since decided that I can't stand the thought of having to pump 200+ times, and worry that I won't be able to get up to a high enough psi to get home safely with the mini-pump.

I since learned that many people carry a combination of co2 and mini-pump. When I went to my LBS about this, the owner rather pointedly yet subtly (yes, somehow he can do both at the same time) pushed me to just replace my mini-pump with a different pump (he wanted to sell me a particular frame pump that he explained was a bit like a combination frame and floor pump, but was out of stock).

Any thoughts?

I also found out that one co2 pump, at least, only inflates to 75psi, but I think that's for mountain bikes. Do road co2 pumps even inflate enough?

Or, should I listen to my LBS and forget co2?

[caligurl]

yeppers! i use a co2 pump.... i carry 3 cartridges with me!

i want to get a mini pump too... to carry both... but haven't found a mini pump yet that i want!

[SadieKate]

Try searching for cartridge. The search function doesn't seem to like short entries.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ight=cartridge

[Fuji Girl]

He might have been pushing towards a Topeak Road Morph, which is kind of like a combo of a frame pump and floor pump. It's an awesome pump, but kind of big and bulky. There's now a smaller version out, the Mini Morph, but I haven't tried it. I lent my Road Morph to Beta because she was always getting flats during her commute.

A hybrid CO2 + hand pump is what I have for my rides, since I don't do any commuting. It's great. It's the Genuine Innvovations Second Wind IH pump:

http://www.genuineinnovations.com/IN...ategory=hybrid

You use the hand pump to fill it with enough air to seat the tire, then fill up the rest w/ CO2 - works like a charm. That way you don't waste CO2. If you really wanted to, you could use the hand pump to pump up the tire, but that will take you a LONG time.

[Nanci]

You think the Road Morph is big and bulky???

Anyway, I thought I would pass on the RM is on sale at Performance for $10 off right now...

Nanci

[DeniseGoldberg]

The Topeak Road Morph is an awesome pump. I can easily get my tires up to full pressure, and I don't have to deal with empty CO2 cartridges (which hopefully there is a reasonable way to recycle... I cringe to think of people just dumping the empty cartridges).

--- Denise