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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 18:22:37 -0400
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On 2 Apr 2025 21:45:00 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:

>Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>>> 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
>> 
>
>I think I still have it in the panniers of the commute bike or similar, but
>there I have loads of space, and punctures are relatively rare and the mini
>pumps I have are fine for that.
>
>Nor from memory was the Morph much better much more mini pump than track
>pump, so I just didn’t see the point really I have different mini pumps for
>different bikes as some such as the MTB are low psi but large volume so
>need to shift a lot of air.
>
>Roger Merriman

Ok, I'm not going to force you to buy one.....

--
C'est bon
Soloman