USABIKE800 said:I want to buy a bike pump and my friend told me that is unnecessary.
how about you?
Damien Lee said:Unless you're not going to ride more than a 20 minute walking distance from your home, I will always recommend that you bring a pump along. Flats can occur at any given time, it's best to be prepared. But as I mentioned earlier, it's not the end of the world if you don't have a pump with you if you're in close proximity to your home. Chances are that if you're riding around a town or city, there will be at least several gas stations nearby. You can always fill up your tires here in case of an emergency.
Why would you even go riding without a pump, patches, glue (if not using glueless patches), spare tube, tire levers, and the knowledge to fix a flat? Obviously your friend isn't much of a cyclist! OUCH!!! I don't think I would be taking much more of his advice! OUCH again!!! I guess if you're only riding a mile or two from home then you could walk home so a pump maybe not as needed on the bike.USABIKE800 said:I want to buy a bike pump and my friend told me that is unnecessary.
how about you?
What kind of road bike do you ride? No way in the world would leave my roadie somewhere locked up. It would be stripped of parts when I got out of work. Duar Ace shifters would be gone, wheels would be gone, seat maybe, the crank, the Dura Ace derailleurs. May be even the carbon frame if I don't lock it up with a heavy duty towing chain. Which I would never carry on a bike since it would be heavier than the bike alone.pwarbi said:I also have a road bike that I commute to work on but with that I'm not too bothered about a pump to be honest. I've got a flat once in probably over 5 years of doing it off and on and on that occasion all I did was lock the bike up securely and get a cab the rest of the way. Afterwards when I returned from work I just got the car out and went to pick it up again, no big deal.
There is no such thing as a puncture proof tire only puncture resistant.Susimi said:I don't ride with a pump but am considering getting on and strapping it onto the bike.
Then again I've seen some puncture proof tyres made by Michelin and am seriously considering giving them a try but on the other side of the coin if I did get them I would feel like a lazy ass for avoiding the chance of repairing in the field so to speak.
That's probably what I meant haha. I get a bit muddled with words sometimesFroze said:There is no such thing as a puncture proof tire only puncture resistant.
I should probably stop exhaling, then, too.Froze said:CO2 into thin air ehh? maybe not, maybe it's causing global warming, or maybe it's causing global cooling, nobody know yet but whatever it is doing you and all your CO2 minions are helping to cause a worsening of it for hotter or cooler, for better or worse.
either that or exhale into a catalytic converter. I think it should be required by law, so that to limit CO2 going into the air, that we have to wear a miniature catalytic converter that looks like a gas mask at all time.mpre53 said:I should probably stop exhaling, then, too.
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