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Well, I went on my first Montreal today, which was nice. On the way
out from the bike path, I was flagged down
by a helpless female who had flatted but didn't have a pump or CO2
cartridge. Being happily married and
having zero "dragueur" instincts despite my many years in France, I
mostly
concentrated on chewing her out for not having the necessary equipment
as I changed her tube. She was
a beginner rider who had friends at the local bike shop who picked out
her equipment for her, so she had an excuse and she was continually
thanking me... In any case, I wasn't gentlemanly enough to do all the
work for her,
so I handed her my Zefal HPX pump http://www.yellowjersey.org/ZEFALP.JPG
and basically told her:
"This is the most powerful frame pump in the world, count up to 80 and
your tire will be at 90PSI." Shortly
after she started, her friends from the shop showed up, two club
racers. She quickly gave up pumping as she
couldn't go more than 30, and her racer friend took over. I put my
helmet back on and when I looked over again, he was pulling out a CO2
cartridge. I asked him what he was doing, as my pump could easily
reach the same pressure, I verified it myself. He told me that his arm
got tired at around 50 PSI and the cartridge would be easier.
I was quite surprised by this, but as I left mumbling to him about
working on upper body strength, I realised that mine wasn't so bad
after all.
-ilan
out from the bike path, I was flagged down
by a helpless female who had flatted but didn't have a pump or CO2
cartridge. Being happily married and
having zero "dragueur" instincts despite my many years in France, I
mostly
concentrated on chewing her out for not having the necessary equipment
as I changed her tube. She was
a beginner rider who had friends at the local bike shop who picked out
her equipment for her, so she had an excuse and she was continually
thanking me... In any case, I wasn't gentlemanly enough to do all the
work for her,
so I handed her my Zefal HPX pump http://www.yellowjersey.org/ZEFALP.JPG
and basically told her:
"This is the most powerful frame pump in the world, count up to 80 and
your tire will be at 90PSI." Shortly
after she started, her friends from the shop showed up, two club
racers. She quickly gave up pumping as she
couldn't go more than 30, and her racer friend took over. I put my
helmet back on and when I looked over again, he was pulling out a CO2
cartridge. I asked him what he was doing, as my pump could easily
reach the same pressure, I verified it myself. He told me that his arm
got tired at around 50 PSI and the cartridge would be easier.
I was quite surprised by this, but as I left mumbling to him about
working on upper body strength, I realised that mine wasn't so bad
after all.
-ilan
