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Nev wrote:
Where's what I carry and it's minimal. I can't think of anything better.

I use threaded cartridges. Expensive, I know, but 2.50$ (online) once in a while is nothing for the convenience and ease and speed. One 16g cartridge fills a tire. Fast. Easy to leave the cartridge on for short little air blasts if you have to nurse a tire home, which I've also done. Three cartridges you're covered.

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I came across this old post from Nev on CO2 inflators. I have decided to give up my frame pump and buy a CO2 inflator.

I like the one Nev is using because it is small and space in my seat bag is limited. The inflators that use non-threaded cartridges are much larger, except for the Innovations Ultraflate 2, which I can't seem to find in stock anywhere.

The only cheap cartridges I have found are for the 12g non-threaded which I have seen for less than a dollar. Will they fill up a 700x25c tire to a high enough pressure?

The lowest price I have found on threaded 16g cartridges is $1.75 on quantities of 10 or more from Bike Tires Direct. This is only 50 cents more than they sell the non-threaded cartridges version for.

Is there a better place to buy cartridges?

Bruce

Edited by Darby (01/04/08 04:49 AM)

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