Monday, May 11, 2015

Air

 Some time ago I blogged here about my frustrations in filling my tyres up with air at service stations, being a combination of the crappy air hose filler being designed for cars and not bikes and also the faulty compressors. On that ride I'd entered the servo with 27 psi in the front tyre and left after finding the equipment faulty with only 20 psi in the tyre. To say I had the shits would be an under statement.

So after a while procrastinating with the best of them I finally splurged some hard earned and went to Super Cheap Auto and bought myself a small air compressor, hose and gauge/filler. I finally took your advise Bobscoot and got myself one. I quickly ripped into the box and got it set up. It didn't take long at all and I filled up my new from tyre that was completely flat(Valve core/rubber o-ring issues). This little bad boy is great for filling up my bike and the car.

I'd even decided to take the bike out and fill it up with fuel for the up coming ride in 2 weeks time. There hasn't been any riding at all since the track day at Sydney Motorsport Park back in march as it's been raining so much here of late and I decided I'd do some work on the weekends to keep myself busy. Kids and new bikes cost money, lots of money and I think I might have to do something drastic to get myself a new bike otherwise by the time I've saved up for a new one I'll be about 140 years old..

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  1. got one nearly identical to that
    great bit of gear to do exactly what your doing
    saves the garage trip to check them before you head off

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    1. Yes I've tried it out already and it works a treat. I should have done it sooner.

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  2. 140? A Hardly it is then!
    That compressor is the same as mine. Cheap, but does it's intended job well enough.

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    1. A hardly will never furnish my garage, not in this life time and not in the next.
      It must be good if you got one then, no cheap crap for you.

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    2. Lol. It is cheap crap but it works....

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  3. Hi Chiller, good move, an AC is a really handy appliance to have. You probably know this but when you shut it down you should blow the moisture from the storage tank by opening the little drain cock on the bottom.

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    1. Yes I did know about letting the water out of it after use.
      I reckon I could find a few more uses for this little thing, like spray painting my fence.

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  4. Good for you! A small compressor is a handy thing to have around the garage. I have one just about that size. Perfect for filling tires(tyres) and blowing dirt off of things. I'd like to have a larger one for running air tools but I probably would't use it enough to justify the cost. I fill tires(tyres) a lot more that I use an impact wrench!

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    1. It sure is useful Erik, I'm in the same boat with the air tools thing I couldn't see myself using it enough. I am sure this will be handy though.

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  5. Pretty nice compressor. Great for airing up all tyres (car and bicycle included) and also for setting the bead if you change your own gyres.

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    1. I never thought of changing my own tyres. Might have to look into that.

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  6. I've got a cheap one too. Does the job - no trouble setting the bead when changing tyres either. I also carry a 12v on the bike at all times - it's been used quite a few times...

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    1. Is the one you carry on the bike fairly compact? Does it take long to pump up a tyre with it, I take it, it would be fairly slow with a small compressor in it.

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    2. It's not too big but you can get smaller. I lot of guys but the very small, compact ones and the strip the plastic bodies off them to break them down even further. Mine isn't too bad in terms of speed although I've never had to totally inflate a tyre.

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