pump (in)sanity

Kim Hawtin said:

all this talk of track pumps and workshop pumps in recent times made me
think about the pump i carry in the backpack and what it really pumps up
to. supposeed to pump up tp 80psi. bit the bullet and spent 60$.

pumped up the 700x23c on my roadie, with the hand pump, only 40psi =(

so, put the big pump to work... 130psi! no worries! =D

so, thats a little bit of 'piece of mind' every morning.
don't need to be so paranoid going over 4 railway crossing each trip =)

now to figure out why 120psi in the morning and 50psi when i get home =/

cheers,

kim

the pump I carry in my backpack can pump up to around 80-90 psi, even tho
it says up to 120psi on the pack. it cost around $20 for the hand pump.

my big pump can do 140psi no probs.

if your tyres go from 120 to 50psi in a day, then you probably have a very
small puncture.

Pump them to 160psi then you will find said puncture :|
My Zefal HPX does 125 no problems.
Jock

"M Bison" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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| if your tyres go from 120 to 50psi in a day, then you probably have a very
| small puncture.
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On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 at 10:23 GMT, Jock (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Pump them to 160psi then you will find said puncture :|
My Zefal HPX does 125 no problems.

And this goes back to what was said in another froup. Turn any
intermittant, hard to find problem into a simple problem that can be
fixed easily. Can't find the puncture? Pump up the tires so much
they burst, then you've found your puncture. Since it is too big to
fix, you have to simply replace the tube, thereby solving the problem
once and for all.

'Course, we've gotten Cisco to replace the switch on this floor 3
times now, and the problem is not yet solved. Maybe I need to pass
6kV through all the ethernet cables, thereby arcing and melting the
insulation. Then we rewire everything, and it'll be as good as new.
Maybe even then they will break the blasted contract themselves.

--
TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/
"32-bit patch for a 16-bit GUI shell running on top of an
8-bit operating system written for a 4-bit processor by a
2-bit company who cannot stand 1 bit of competition." --unknown

quote='M Bison'On Thu said:

all this talk of track pumps and workshop pumps in recent times made me
think about the pump i carry in the backpack and what it really pumps up
to. supposeed to pump up tp 80psi. bit the bullet and spent 60$.

pumped up the 700x23c on my roadie, with the hand pump, only 40psi =(

so, put the big pump to work... 130psi! no worries! =D

so, thats a little bit of 'piece of mind' every morning.
don't need to be so paranoid going over 4 railway crossing each trip =)

now to figure out why 120psi in the morning and 50psi when i get home =/

cheers,

kim

the pump I carry in my backpack can pump up to around 80-90 psi, even tho
it says up to 120psi on the pack. it cost around $20 for the hand pump.

my big pump can do 140psi no probs.

if your tyres go from 120 to 50psi in a day, then you probably have a very
small puncture.[/QUOTE]

The said puncture can probably be best found by putting the tube in a bucket of water and looking for bubbles.

Careful or they will call you the IT Troubleshooter Guru.
Jock

"TimC" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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| On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 at 10:23 GMT, Jock (aka Bruce)
| was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
| > Pump them to 160psi then you will find said puncture :|
| > My Zefal HPX does 125 no problems.
|
| And this goes back to what was said in another froup. Turn any
| intermittant, hard to find problem into a simple problem that can be
| fixed easily. Can't find the puncture? Pump up the tires so much
| they burst, then you've found your puncture. Since it is too big to
| fix, you have to simply replace the tube, thereby solving the problem
| once and for all.
|
|
| 'Course, we've gotten Cisco to replace the switch on this floor 3
| times now, and the problem is not yet solved. Maybe I need to pass
| 6kV through all the ethernet cables, thereby arcing and melting the
| insulation. Then we rewire everything, and it'll be as good as new.
| Maybe even then they will break the blasted contract themselves.
|
| --
| TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/
| "32-bit patch for a 16-bit GUI shell running on top of an
| 8-bit operating system written for a 4-bit processor by a
| 2-bit company who cannot stand 1 bit of competition." --unknown