Originally Posted by
MinnMan
A friend carries a larger one, with a fairly precise digital gauge, that works great and is good for 3-4 tires. Whenever there's a flat on one of our group rides, he's everybody's hero.
Wouldn't you say the same thing about the one guy that brought a good frame pump?
If you get a flat, inflating the tire is not the time-consuming part anyway. Whether it takes 30 seconds with an electric gadget, or 3 minutes with a pump, seems irrelevant to me.