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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Catrike Ryder Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: First flat in a looooong time Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:52:03 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 56 Message-ID: <6rtquj9ps77fqn2gr77g73i8g98fd2j35p@4ax.com> References: <9jb9ujhl5v9o2aph80i4muia5r2o6qqhf4@4ax.com> <9eaoujdem21cogf4aue0j9jfem20rjl9ti@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:52:07 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0a99fe0d6d76622852bb7169f4bd1f01"; logging-data="2569839"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19zmmfifqCHlr6NXyI1Fv8xzYxWVYf0JAA=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:bt66qSLRs9ldEsM7H0eO/w3ZCk0= Bytes: 3452 >abuse and neglect.On 2 Apr 2025 17:28:30 GMT, Roger Merriman wrote: >Catrike Ryder wrote: >> On Wed, 2 Apr 2025 12:23:24 -0400, Frank Krygowski >> 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