My Bicycle Musings

Had a flat on the way to work today, on the Jamis this time. First flat, too. Made it to work however. It was a pain to get tire off and the tube out. It's a tighter fit that the 27 1/4 on the Schwinn, and nobody powdered the tube like I believe is a good thing, unlike many others.

I had to reverse the trusty Zefal chuck-rubber thingie for the presta stem. It was hard to pump, and I think I only got it to about 30 poinds. That is what is read when I got home on the high-kwaility presta gauge. I FOUND the presta adapter for the floor pump, too! It was hiding in a little tub of "bits" right on my work desk! Duh!

So I pumped up the tire to 80 pounds. That's about all I could with one arm, the other holding the adapter AND the air chuck.

I noticed the shiny brass air chuck I got actually seals, and one can pump up the pump, as it were, to quite a bit of pressure and then push on the center pin on the chuck to release the air, quite possibly doing some damage if one is not careful.

Will have to think about that!

Can you believe I spelled "leftist" as "lefttist" in the title of my other blog?