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Allabaah

dashcamdanny wrote: »

Wiggle sell them around the same price.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-co2-tyre-inflator-set-with-2-cartridges/

How do you know you have around 120psi in your tire? They seem handy to have instead of a pump, but your only test will be on the road. And if its no good, you're walking home..

@ dashcamdanny on Wiggle the adaptor is €10.39 without any cartridge

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-co2-tyre-inflator/#tabAA

The pump is certainly foolproof but you'd want to be Hercules to get decent pressure into the tyre!

Allabaah

Kaisr Sose wrote: »

..... One wonders what's wrong with the humble, tried and tested hand pump...:-)

As I said to dashcamdanny "The pump is certainly foolproof but you'd want to be Hercules to get decent pressure into the tyre!"

Fool proof certainly!!!

alaimacerc

Kaisr Sose wrote: »

..... One wonders what's wrong with the humble, tried and tested hand pump...:-)

I think it's not considered the Done Thing to be fitting it to the frame these days, and not everyone wants to be carrying a pack. The under-saddle type bag will carry a decent range of basic spares, but you won't get a pump in one!

I say this as someone who always carries a backpack, though. Layers!

cython

dashcamdanny wrote: »

Wiggle sell them around the same price.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-co2-tyre-inflator-set-with-2-cartridges/

How do you know you have around 120psi in your tire? They seem handy to have instead of a pump, but your only test will be on the road. And if its no good, you're walking home..

I (and I suspect plenty others around here) would never rely on CO2 as my sole means of reinflating a tyre on a long cycle. My view of them is that they are handy if you want to minimise the time you spend on the road for some reason (e.g. commuting and avoiding being late, foul weather conditions and you don't want to get cold, etc.), but realistically I'm not going to bring more than 2, and while that should be enough to get you home, make a mess of one of them and you're suddenly walking a wire. I always have a handpump that fits in a jersey pocket that I use both in reserve and if I'm not in a hurry. Some people prefer the pumps that combine CO2 and a manual action, to each their own.

devonp

will a 16g cartridge inflate a 700x38c hyrid/MTB tube enough to get me home?

Cee-Jay-Cee

cython wrote: »

I (and I suspect plenty others around here) would never rely on CO2 as my sole means of reinflating a tyre on a long cycle..

I'd say your actually in a minority. Most people I know carry CO2 as a sole means of inflating tubes. None of those I cycle with carry a pump...ever.

wanderer 22

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I'd say your actually in a minority. Most people I know carry CO2 as a sole means of inflating tubes. None of those I cycle with carry a pump...ever.

Seriously? I'm intrigued.. a poll is needed

dashcamdanny

How much are the refills in a bike shop? I fecking hate pumping.

iwillhtfu

dashcamdanny wrote: »

How much are the refills in a bike shop? I fecking hate pumping.

There's a lad on adverts that sells them very cheap I usually buy them off him.

BoardsMember

Probably not a great idea to carry pumps in back pocket, it you land on that you run the risk of doing serious injury.

cython

BoardsMember wrote: »

Probably not a great idea to carry pumps in back pocket, it you land on that you run the risk of doing serious injury.

The pump that I have is no more likely to injure me than my phone, a folded multitool, or any number of other things that might be in my pockets. For reference, it's something like this that hasn't much in the line of protrusions or anything. CO2 cartridges or the inflator would inflict at least as bad.

cython

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I'd say your actually in a minority. Most people I know carry CO2 as a sole means of inflating tubes. None of those I cycle with carry a pump...ever.

Most people I know are the opposite, but nowhere did I claim an absolute minority or majority did one or the other. All depends on the people you know, and the "norm" in a particular group, I suspect. I've definitely seen several posters on here state that they would carry a backup pump in the past though.

Kaisr Sose

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

None of those I cycle with carry a pump...ever.

Wow...risky!

Kaisr Sose

BoardsMember wrote: »

Probably not a great idea to carry pumps in back pocket, it you land on that you run the risk of doing serious injury.

People have been carrying things in pockets for years including phones keys, tools, tubes, levers etc, If you are in a bad smash, due to its slender shape, a pump will most likely go flying out before impacting with the ground. But it could always be fitted to the frame using the fasteners that come with them....:-)

mirrormatrix

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I'd say your actually in a minority. Most people I know carry CO2 as a sole means of inflating tubes. None of those I cycle with carry a pump...ever.

And none of those I know cycle with CO2 cartridges...ever. All hail the power of anecdotal evidence!

mathie

Any chance of people posting bargains in this thread?

Harrybelafonte

That Lidl bike rack for roof rack looks to be worth a punt?

http://www.lidl.ie/en/Offers.htm?action=showDetail&id=24314

Stone Deaf 4evr

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

That Lidl bike rack for roof rack looks to be worth a punt?

http://www.lidl.ie/en/Offers.htm?action=showDetail&id=24314

Micksgarage has the same one (i think) for 35

http://www.micksgarage.com/proddetails.aspx?pid=4493430

I bought 2 of these and have taken two bikes to france and back twice with them and they did the job perfectly.

greenspurs

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

None of those I cycle with carry a pump...ever.

same here..... But they are the same people that dont carry spare tubes ever... or tyre levers ever..... or food ever........... :rolleyes:

Kaisr Sose

mathie wrote: »

Any chance of people posting bargains in this thread?

After you....:-)

Matt Bianco

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

That Lidl bike rack for roof rack looks to be worth a punt?

http://www.lidl.ie/en/Offers.htm?action=showDetail&id=24314

Thule 932 for same price at Halfords - may be not radically different for what they are but Thule likely to have better resale value

Lemag

There's a black medium Planet X Pro Carbon with full Sram Rival 22 in TKMaxx in Cork for €899. SUrprisingly, it's been there for a couple of weeks now.

There are also a couple of On-One bikes but I didn't pay much attention to them so I don't know their spec nor their respective prices.

godtabh

Lemag wrote: »

There's a black medium Planet X Pro Carbon with full Sram Rival 22 in TKMaxx in Cork for €899. SUrprisingly, it's been there for a couple of weeks now.

There are also a couple of On-One bikes but I didn't pay much attention to them so I don't know their spec nor their respective prices.

random. what section? may look locally

68 lost souls

Sports pursuit have some deals on Conti tires and tubes at the moment.

Not sure if personal reffereals are frowned upon so please feel free to edit.

10 inner tubes for 35 euro

http://www.sportpursuit.com/join/68lostsouls_0b6d3e

2xGP4000s and 5xinner tubes for €85 (the oldetype not Gp4000SII)

Gator skin and ultra race also on sale

BobCobb

Just spotted this on Halfords site:



3 for the price of 2 on selected Cycle Accessories*

Must end Monday 4th May


*excludes bike racks, cycle carriers, wearable tech, cycle computers & GPS, discount applied in basket

Lemag

godtabh wrote: »

random. what section? may look locally

Pretty much in the middle of the Cork one. All three bikes were on a platform near the hiking section.

Crippens1

German online shops seem to be competing on price for these right now. I've found the cheapest so far at:

http://www.4thebike.de/components/tyres-and-tubes/roadbike/23-mm-foldable-tyre/10069/continental-grand-prix-4000s-ii-23-622-700x23-foldable-tyre

The 700x23 is €31.95 ea. and the 700x25 is €33.95 ea.

docroc

A repost of a previous BA posted here a while back ,
Rose bikes have reduced the price of the DT Swiss R23 Spline road wheel set -Campagnolo again, now down to 199 euros
Cant post link as not enough posts
Register for the news letter for an extra 10 off

Alek

German online shops seem to be competing on price for these right now. I've found the cheapest so far at:

Aaargh, was contemplating changing tyres this morning... not much to do at work today... bought a pair of 28mm gp4000s as a result!

Considering shipping to Ireland, I found them cheaper on www.hibike.com.

Unknown Soldier

docroc wrote: »

A repost of a previous BA posted here a while back ,
Rose bikes have reduced the price of the DT Swiss R23 Spline road wheel set -Campagnolo again, now down to 199 euros
Cant post link as not enough posts
Register for the news letter for an extra 10 off

Link.
http://www.rosebikes.com/article/dt-swiss-r23-spline-road-wheel-set--campagnolo-/aid:675160

Two thing to be aware of... these are 2013/14 wheels. ETRTO: 622 x 15 C with ratchet hub system.
The 2015 ones that are raved about ala Canyon Endurace are ETTRO: 622 x 18 (Which flattens the tyre out more).

I'm not sure how they are converted to Shimano but I used the DT Swiss Shimano hub. Here http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/dt-swiss-rotor-kit-shimano-s11-road-for-240s-162205 (Ignore the review as it was extremely hard to figure out which hub to buy, as the review bloke found )

You just pull the Campy hub off with your hand. :eek:

They are beautiful looking wheels. No idea how they roll...