,.. I was caught up in the joy of not sitting on a rock roadside, pumping a little pump a zillion times by hand.
I was all caught up in the paranoia of getting a flat, and went a little overboard.
Mr Tuffy tire liners for $95
And Tannus inserts for $220 as well.
I had high expectations for my CO2 inflator and thought I'd waste a $3 cylinder to see how many tires I could fill.
I was thinking that I could fill a few car tires and a bunch of bike tires, but an entire cartridge wasn't even enough to get my 26"x4" tire to take shape !!
WTF??!!
I didn't want to waste $15-$20 worth of CO2 cartridges to find out how many it would actually take to fill my tire, so I just carried half dozen cartridges with me in my tool bag.
They were heavy, took up a ton of space, and would clunk around inside the tool bag, so I ditched them and put my little micro pump in my tool bag instead.
I just decided to take a chance on having to spend half a day pumping up a tire if I had to.
Then I got the rechargeable compressor, and carried that in my tool bag.
Then I got a new e-bike and put a second battery in a rear rack battery bag, so I had to carry some tools strapped to the top tube on my e-bike,..
I ended up getting a flat and the compressor came in real handy.
I didn't have Flat-out in my tires yet because the wheels weren't balanced so I had to reinflate my tire 3-4 times to make the 10 km trip home.
Then my rear rack broke off but I managed to attach my second battery to my top tube using Polymorph plastic to make brackets.
(It looks like crap, but it works Awesome !!)
Now I had to carry all my tools in my pockets, so I reduced everything to the bare essentials,..
My new e-bike tires are easy to work on, so I don't need tire irons, and they are on a fat bike frame with tons of clearance, especially now without the rack and fenders in the way, so I can fix a tube without removing the wheel.
The mechanics wire replaces tape and zip ties. I find it more universally usable and it stores easily.
,.. sitting on a rock roadside, pumping a little pump a zillion times by hand.
I was wondering about that and decided to try and pump up my tire (27.5"X2.8") just to see how long it would take me?
I also bought a shock pump that I carried with me until my rack broke off, so I used that,..
I pumped for five minutes and managed to get my tire from flat to 10 PSI.
That's not bad. I rode the e-bike with ~8 PSI when I got the flat, so I went back to my original micro pump for now, until I figure out a way to carry my shock pump with me.
I certainly could have paid for a rescue with all the money I've spent on flat tire prevention, maybe even rescue helicopter?
But I think it's funner buying lots of stuff than a helicopter ride.
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