But now I feel old, because I looked at the cheap pumps, and I looked at the Silca, and I couldn't stop myself. We all get there eventually, I guess.
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Wednesday, March 05, 2014
I am now officially old
My last (quite decent, actually) cheap pump finally died when I accidentally left it under the mill table and then lowered the knee on it. It was time anyway, I think - gauge no longer worked, it would suddenly lose head pressure and you'd slam the handle down and bottom it out, etc.
But now I feel old, because I looked at the cheap pumps, and I looked at the Silca, and I couldn't stop myself. We all get there eventually, I guess.
But now I feel old, because I looked at the cheap pumps, and I looked at the Silca, and I couldn't stop myself. We all get there eventually, I guess.
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Some day you'll get really old, and set yourself up with an Air-Bob (http://www.cxmagazine.com/inflator-reviews-prestaflator-and-problem-solvers-airbob-universal). Great for airing up 4 dusty bikes in a couple minutes for the first family ride to the ice cream shop, or topping off the freshly installed winter tires and the storm rolls in. Until then, though, the Silca is a good way to go.
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Not old, just vintage!!
Welcome to the club. I sprang for the top-of-the-line Lezyne, without regrets.
Does it screw onto the valve stem? I had a Lezyne that would pull my tubeless valve cores out nearly every time I tried to use it. Just fyi.
My Lezyne does thread onto the valve stem. But I'm such a Luddite that I don't run tubeless tires, which makes it a moot point. For now, anyway.
And I'm such a cheapskate that I usually use old innertube valves for my tubeless setups, so I'm good to go too! Luddites and penny pinchers unite!
If that's the measure of oldness, I have been old for a long time. I did recently purchase an air compressor for taking the pain out of the initial inflation of tubeless tires, but I still use the Silca presta chuck even with that.
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