How many tubes ya'll take with you?

[bYuPride]

Originally Posted by Archaea

carry two tubes and as many co2s as you can carry.

do the hand pumps you can stick on your frame not work very well? at ulcer, the guy who was trying to help me with my flat sucked at using the C02 cartridges and it made me lose confidence in them.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by bYuPride

do the hand pumps you can stick on your frame not work very well? at ulcer, the guy who was trying to help me with my flat sucked at using the C02 cartridges and it made me lose confidence in them.

The frame pumps work fine but they have a pracgical pressure limit of around 100psi or so. THey are more than enough for fat tires but can be less than ideal for skinny high pressure tires.

[bluegoose]

Originally Posted by creekster

The frame pumps work fine but they have a pracgical pressure limit of around 100psi or so. THey are more than enough for fat tires but can be less than ideal for skinny high pressure tires.

Good luck getting 100psi out of the crank brothers hand pump that I have. It has the high pressure and high volume settings which are supposed to make it easier to fill up, but I am still lucky to get more than about 60 psi. Its enough to get you home in a pinch, but not enough to get you home going very fast.

Thus, I just make sure I ride with guys who carry CO2. That, and get good tires. I haven't had a flat in over 3,000 miles.

[MikeWaters]

I use the 12oz co2 (threadless) because they are cheap (for paint guns). I don't think they'll get to 100psi. Maybe 80. But then if I really want, I can use 2, and that will definitely get me to where I want to be, but I wonder if overinflation is possible.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by bluegoose

Good luck getting 100psi out of the crank brothers hand pump that I have. It has the high pressure and high volume settings which are supposed to make it easier to fill up, but I am still lucky to get more than about 60 psi. Its enough to get you home in a pinch, but not enough to get you home going very fast.

Thus, I just make sure I ride with guys who carry CO2. That, and get good tires. I haven't had a flat in over 3,000 miles.

You're right that 100 psi is hard to achieve, but I didn't say it owuld be easy. I said practical limit becaseu over about 100psi and the pump head will blow off the valve. I ahve a large Topeak frame pump that I use for touring that can get up to about 100psi but then the head won't stay on the valve.

You can overinflate with CO2 depending on the tire/tube/rim combo.

[fusnik11]

Originally Posted by bluegoose

Good luck getting 100psi out of the crank brothers hand pump that I have. It has the high pressure and high volume settings which are supposed to make it easier to fill up, but I am still lucky to get more than about 60 psi. Its enough to get you home in a pinch, but not enough to get you home going very fast.

Thus, I just make sure I ride with guys who carry CO2. That, and get good tires. I haven't had a flat in over 3,000 miles.

Like the armadillo tires? We just have the 'stock' versions on our tires and of the four eligible wheels we have accomplished to pop 3 tires and have a slow leak on one. That is in a little less than two weeks and roughly 160 miles in the saddle.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by fusnik11

Like the armadillo tires? We just have the 'stock' versions on our tires and of the four eligible wheels we have accomplished to pop 3 tires and have a slow leak on one. That is in a little less than two weeks and roughly 160 miles in the saddle.

I've heard mixed things about armadillos. What sort of flats are you getting? pinch flats or some sort of puncture? If pinch flats they may be under inflated, especially if, like me, you are a Clydesdale.

I have a pair of conti top tourers on my touring frame and I didn't get a flat until after about 3,500 miles and it has been about a thousand since then without another.

[fusnik11]

Originally Posted by creekster

I've heard mixed things about armadillos. What sort of flats are you getting? pinch flats or some sort of puncture? If pinch flats they may be under inflated, especially if, like me, you are a Clydesdale.

I have a pair of conti top tourers on my touring frame and I didn't get a flat until after about 3,500 miles and it has been about a thousand since then without another.

My front tire has a slow leak (it appears) and I had a complete blow out this weekend.

My wife, who is skinny, had two blow outs on recent ride. Her tires were definite punctures.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by fusnik11

My front tire has a slow leak (it appears) and I had a complete blow out this weekend.

My wife, who is skinny, had two blow outs on recent ride. Her tires were definite punctures.

Not to much you can do abotu punctures (assuming you have a good tire, and armadillos are supposed ot be good) except try to avoid thorns and glass and so forth.

What sort of blow out did you have? Did your tire come off the rim? were the over-inflated? Is your rim tape properly installed?

[fusnik11]

Originally Posted by creekster

Not to much you can do abotu punctures (assuming you have a good tire, and armadillos are supposed ot be good) except try to avoid thorns and glass and so forth.

What sort of blow out did you have? Did your tire come off the rim? were the over-inflated? Is your rim tape properly installed?

It's just the stock Bontrager tape. I did notice when I put the tire on, everything seemed ok, but as I spin the wheel there seems to be a small bumps in the wheel.