Originally Posted by
roadfix
Besides my frame pump, I sometimes carry a CO2 cartridge when in long group rides and use it to save time. That's the only plus I see personally with using CO2s.
Agreed, but I learned the hard way...
Last fall I shelved the Topeak road morph for CO2 and got a flat 20 miles in on a long ride to visit my daughter at college. (parents day.)
I'm blaming it on a cold drizzly day and my fingers were numb changing the flat - I pinch flatted the spare! Nothing worse than that dreaded sound of PSHHHHHH.... on your last cartridge.
So I sat there in the grass on a semi-desolate road, waiting for the cavalry to arrive, telling numerous motorists, "yeah... I'm fine" feeling like an idiot.....
Ever since then I've been inclined to prepare for the brain fart and skip the CO2 and pack the trusty morph...