Hill Country Bike Prep

[Duc L'Smart]

Dang, let's practice then. 

Rich: are you getting extra CO2???

This sounds like a scene from "Blue Velvet" 

[hiero]

I hear there are some tires that could be 'practiced' on at the warehome... 

[cdc]

I hear there are some tires that could be 'practiced' on at the warehome... 

I hope Alan marked his tires "NOT FOR PRACTICE"!!!

cdc

[cdc]

Maybe I should bring my superduty red air tank. I think it's a 5 gallon tank. Can't carry it on the bike but we could use it for camp repairs. Would that be useful or not?

It would match Rich's bike.  If you mount it on the rear seat cover.......

cdc

[♣ McKraut ♣]

It would match Rich's bike.  If you mount it on the rear seat cover.......

cdc

yeah...i'm still trying to figure out my "look"....so....

[caffeinejunkee]

does that help?
take a look here for what i'm talking about as far as these CO2 bottles (btw, refills are even cheaper....the place is right next door to cyclegear in plano)   http://www.anythingxtreme.com/CO2Bottles-C1390.aspx

Mine takes the 16 gram, non-threaded. I think it takes about 5-6 to fully inflate a tire. 

I can pick some more up this week at Cycle Gear. 

[Duc L'Smart]

I thought we had a cycle pump in the group?!? Why do we also need CO2?

[♣ McKraut ♣]

Mine takes the 16 gram, non-threaded. I think it takes about 5-6 to fully inflate a tire. 

I can pick some more up this week at Cycle Gear. 

surely some entrepreneur out there has constructed a delivery method that accepts whatever size/thread of those big CO2 bottles to use to inflate bicycle/car/motorbike tires...

did some searching:
chuck for normal CO2 cans (and "bigair")  http://www.genuineinnovations.com/bikeprods.aspx?subcat=1&prodid=1000
real nice plug kits (think this is Alan's): http://www.pashnit.com/product/stopngo.html
good deals on CO2 canisters (i think?): http://www.rei.com/product/769524?preferredSku=7695240015&cm_mmc=cse_froogle-_-datafeed-_-product-_-na&mr:trackingCode=BB768827-AB22-DD11-98CA-001422107090&mr:referralID=NA
paintballer CO2 supplies (unsure if there's a chuck out there for them somewhere):  http://www.paintball-discounters.com/get_dept_5.htm
a chuck from the canucks:  http://www.cyclepath.ca/products/item1247.htm
bigair kit: http://www.excelsports.com/new.asp?page=8&description=Big+Air+CO2+Kit&vendorCode=INNOVAT&major=3&minor=9
bigair: http://www.trisports.com/inbigair40gr.html
more bigair: http://www.triathletesports.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=708162021900-17b4&click=8694

i'm thinking about one of those Pashnit kits...

[hiero]

I have a similar piece to that genuine innovations chuck that I carry on my bicycle with the larg'er' co2 cannisters.  I'll put it in my pack for the trip

[dallas2r]

I thought we had a cycle pump in the group?!? Why do we also need CO2?

seriously, I've got an industrial strength bike pump that'll do the trick. it's too big for mobile use, but will do the trick for use back at the cabin. if y'all want it, let me know.   

[Duc L'Smart]

I have a 12v air pump that plugs into a cigarette lighter..

[hiero]

seriously, I've got an industrial strength bike pump that'll do the trick. it's too big for mobile use, but will do the trick for use back at the cabin. if y'all want it, let me know.   

actually, I've done the same thing using my bicycle pump (specialized brand) and it works just fine especially considering I pump up my bicycle tires to 110 psi!

[Duc L'Smart]

I think Randy has some availability in the next week if you still need prep...

Randy McCarter - 817-706-8870

[never2loud]

DAMMIT!  Where is my "pre-owned" triple clamp?!?!?  I haven't been getting too uptight about it not showing up because I figured Randy wouldn't even be able to get to my bike until after the Hill Country ride   

Not a happy camper 

Oh well, hopefully, I'll be sending Randy some work REAL soon.

[dallas2r]

I think Randy has some availability in the next week if you still need prep...

Randy McCarter - 817-706-8870

He's doing my tires and frame sliders for me.