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    From Mark J cleary@mcleary08@comcast.net to rec.bicycles.tech on Sun Sep 13 10:35:51 2026
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    Today not as lucky mile 35 with 6 to get home and sure enough another
    flat. Same tire too and so I did the roadside investigation. In a
    different place and on the outside edge of the tube a regular hole. The
    leak was not all the fast so guessing I hit something. Brings me to the
    next point on the tires. They don't look all the worn. I did order two
    more to have on hand so when I get them can give comparison. They are
    not flat in the middle too bad really minor compared to some on my road
    bike.

    In any case I think i am going to get good pump basically a frame pump
    type quality and the Catrike can take those pumps no issue. The mini I
    had was going to take forever and seemed to be not doing so great. I
    broke out a CO2 cartridge and gave it the big blast. That worked fine
    but I still don't trust CO2.

    So give the frame pumps available now that work pretty fast.
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    Deacon Mark

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  • From Roger Merriman@roger@sarlet.com to rec.bicycles.tech on Sun Sep 13 19:49:55 2026
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    Mark J cleary <mcleary08@comcast.net> wrote:
    Today not as lucky mile 35 with 6 to get home and sure enough another
    flat. Same tire too and so I did the roadside investigation. In a
    different place and on the outside edge of the tube a regular hole. The
    leak was not all the fast so guessing I hit something. Brings me to the
    next point on the tires. They don't look all the worn. I did order two
    more to have on hand so when I get them can give comparison. They are
    not flat in the middle too bad really minor compared to some on my road bike.

    In any case I think i am going to get good pump basically a frame pump
    type quality and the Catrike can take those pumps no issue. The mini I
    had was going to take forever and seemed to be not doing so great. I
    broke out a CO2 cartridge and gave it the big blast. That worked fine
    but I still don't trust CO2.

    So give the frame pumps available now that work pretty fast.

    Mini pumps do tend to be fairly unimpressive as well size matters!

    To be honest just sounds like probability than any issue, doesnrCOt sound
    like they have picked up many slashes etc? Which is eventually what makes
    me retire the commuter/roadie tyres.

    Roger Merriman

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