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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Subject: Re: First flat in a looooong time
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:52:03 -0400
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>abuse and neglect.On 2 Apr 2025 17:28:30 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:

>Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, 2 Apr 2025 12:23:24 -0400, Frank Krygowski
>> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 4/2/2025 8:34 AM, AMuzi wrote:
>>>> On 4/1/2025 10:20 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Pumps with single valve format (i.e., not reversible) are very old now.
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 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.
>> 
>> https://www.modernbike.com/topeak-mini-morph-g-frame-pump-with-foot-pad
>> 
>> --
>> C'est bon
>> Soloman
>> 
>
>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?
>
>Roger Merriman
>

I love it. The fold out foot pad makes all the difference in the
world. Mine came with a bracket to attach to a bike frame, but I carry
it in a special tube sewn into my Catrike's seat. I carry a standing
hand pump (also a Topeak) in my truck, so the mini pump is only for
flats when I'm out riding.

--
C'est bon
Soloman