CO2 pumps

milese
milese Posts: 1,233
edited January 2010 in Road buying advice
I'm after a CO2 pump, something small that i can shove in an empty water bottle.

I've seen this: http://www.hargrovescycles.co.uk/produc ... rtno=28119

Any reccommendations or advice?

With CO2, how many tyres might you inflate with one cartridge?

Cheers.

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  • Cheshley
    Cheshley Posts: 1,448
    Cracking little gadget, I have 2 of them.

    ONE 16g Co2 cartridge will get ONE tyre up to a decent pressure. Don't waste money buying branded cartridges from your LBS, buy them in bulk from places like http://www.tyreinflators.co.uk. The more you buy, the more you save so it might be worth finding some mates who also want to stock up on them and get the larger quantities.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    The truflo one you have linked is very good, controllable and there is nothing to break on it. I have had Innovations ones in the past and they have broken due to them putting a rubber washer in the valve, which when inflating your tyres then freezes and shatters, with such force that a piece stuck into my arm.

    I also get my co2 from http://www.tyreinflators.co.uk usually the box of 30 threaded Mosa cartridges. Never had to use them on my road bike but I think it is 1 per tyre and you can get it to max. Takes 2-3 for an mtb tyre which make it expensive. I also carry a Lezyne Pressure drive (Med) with a pen gauge attachment to check the pressure from the co2 or pump.

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