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Mini bike pump recommendations for bicycle commuting?
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this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2024
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My pump doesnt go in my bag it's strapped to my frame. When im commuting im carrying lunch, and a change of clothes. What is a few extra ounces fit piece of mind?
I like commuting on lightweight tires and standard butyl tubes because the lowered rotational weight is much more noticeable than the static weight of an extra co2 cartridge, tube and pump. I commute on the same road bike I use for fun.
Airing up my bike before i leave in the morning and not riding in the gutter means I'm not putting my tires where all the thorns and road debris is located.
Im not gram conscious. And i think it's a little ironic that you are considering how heavy you've made your wheels in the name of flat protection.
Armoured for an electric bike I've had in the past where it didn't make that much difference, tubeless otherwise. It isn't so much the weight it is the carry extra crap.
I commute on the same bike I use for training / fun, what's your point. Like you say as long as you are conscious of where you are riding I just don't see the necessity of carrying even more parafinalia around with you.
A good tubeless set up means minimal rotational weight and not having to stop at all and fight with tyres and tubes and pumps and all that shit. It just all seems illogical to me.
If you define useful tools as "crap" then i can see why it's illogical too you.
I do not define tools as useless "paraphernalia." I carry enough things with me to get my bike back on the and me to my destination without having to rely on anyone else. If i flat 3 tires on my hour long bike commute, but ive only got 2 CO2 carts, then that pump is going to get me home.
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