which CO2 refill canister?

duncster · Post by **duncster** » 28 Oct 2008, 11:27am

some suggestions pls...

to be used for emergencies and kept in underseat bag.

to inflate 1 x 23c tyre.

preferably with refillable canisters and at a good price.

many thanks

andy D · Post by **andy D** » 28 Oct 2008, 12:36pm

I've never seen refillable co2 canisters but I bought my last lot of canisters from http://www.tyreinflators.co.uk. Fair price and very quick delivery.

CJ · Post by CJ » 28 Oct 2008, 12:48pm

NONE!

Canned air is surely even more of a stupid waste of money and resources than bottled water!

They're sooo pre-global-warming-eco-credit-crunch, don't you think?

Post by **Mick F** » 28 Oct 2008, 1:44pm

You're not actually wrong, CJ, but I use and Innovations Air Chuck and am very pleased with it, waste or otherwise.

The CO2 canisters are recycle-able.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Innov ... 360018215/

Light, small, effective and will fill two of my 20mm 700c tyres.

robgul · Post by **robgul** » 28 Oct 2008, 2:45pm

CJ wrote:NONE!

Canned air is surely even more of a stupid waste of money and resources than bottled water!

They're sooo pre-global-warming-eco-credit-crunch, don't you think?

Not if it's dark, raining and you are almost out of time on an Audax

Rob

deliquium · Post by **deliquium** » 28 Oct 2008, 3:16pm

My first 200km Audax was completed in 12 hrs 59 mins on a tandem trike including 7 punctures and a broken chain rivet tool - I'm with CJ on this one. What is wrong with a bicycle pump anyway?

rogerzilla · Post by **rogerzilla** » 28 Oct 2008, 6:22pm

Some bikes have nowhere to carry one, and mini-pumps are pretty hopeless.

duncster · Post by **duncster** » 29 Oct 2008, 10:32am

Andy, Mick - thanks for the info

rogerzilla · Post by **rogerzilla** » 29 Oct 2008, 10:35am

The Truflo one is very good. It screws positively onto the valve and has a controllable release wheel. The push-on sort sold by Wilko and Halfords are less controllable and the last one I tried refused to release any gas at all, so it's lucky I tried it at home first.

A 16g cartridge will get a 700 x 23 tyre plenty hard enough.