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Can anyone recommend a tire inflator? I tried to fill up my tires at the gas station yesterday, and maneuvering their air hose around was just too much trouble; I'd rather be able to do it at home. I'm specifically looking for something I plug into a wall outlet. Portable is not necessary, but that being said I'd go for something that ran on line current but also had an internal battery or the ability to take 12v.
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If your not seating beads you can use a bicycle pump.
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Jan 16, 2018 21:12
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Capn Jobe posted:Can anyone recommend a tire inflator? I tried to fill up my tires at the gas station yesterday, and maneuvering their air hose around was just too much trouble; I'd rather be able to do it at home. I keep this thing in my truck at all times, and use it at home in the driveway on the bikes. Works pretty fast, very handy little gadget.  Picture links to Amazon listing for it. It's one of my favorite car kit staples.
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Jan 16, 2018 21:19
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I had a Slime thing I got from Amazon that broke in like 3 days. I ended up replacing it with a Viair(?) which is still going strong. E: for the bike tho I do use an old Nashbar floor pump for bicycles that is older than any of my kids and probably some of y'all. captainOrbital fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Jan 16, 2018 |
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Jan 16, 2018 21:30
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If you have the room for one, you can usually find refurbished pancake compressors like this one (Amazon link) for $100-ish that will be more versatile than something dedicated to filling tires. Add a tire chuck and off you go.
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Jan 16, 2018 21:30
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Seconding the VIAIR compressors, this was AI recommended and it's so much better than the typical lovely 12v compressors you'll see. Much quieter, faster, and the built in gauge seems to be very accurate as long as it's not actively running. You just screw it on, run for a bit, hit off and look at the pressure, then turn it back on as needed. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0036E9VB6/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Jan 16, 2018 23:07
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These are great suggestions for portable units, but I'm looking for something to plug into a wall outlet (I have an outdoor outlet right next to where I keep the bike). The linked pancake compressor or some variant sounds like a good idea, but ideally I'd like something a bit less expensive/bulky.
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Jan 17, 2018 01:10
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I have one of these and like it. It’s quite small and so far so good for just bike tires. Runs off the bike’s battery.
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Jan 17, 2018 01:43
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builds character posted:I have one of these and like it. It’s quite small and so far so good for just bike tires. Runs off the bike’s battery. FB is pulling up a link of Lyndon Poskitt doing a wheelie in the desert - not sure if your link is screwed up or if it's on FB's end
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Jan 17, 2018 02:22
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Why not buy an actual air compressor off craigslist or whatever for like 80 bucks, buy a tyre gauge and go to town. That way you have a compressor useful for something other than filling tyres. Something like this: 
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Jan 17, 2018 02:37
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builds character posted:I have one of these and like it. It’s quite small and so far so good for just bike tires. Runs off the bike’s battery. These are cool as gently caress
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Jan 17, 2018 05:25
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Capn Jobe posted:These are great suggestions for portable units, but I'm looking for something to plug into a wall outlet (I have an outdoor outlet right next to where I keep the bike). The linked pancake compressor or some variant sounds like a good idea, but ideally I'd like something a bit less expensive/bulky. Anything less than $100 for a 110V air compressor is probably going to put you in Harbor Freight range, and I think air compressors fail the "will it kill me if it fails" part of that decision tree.
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Jan 17, 2018 05:27
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Oops. http://motopumps.com
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Jan 17, 2018 06:48
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Capn Jobe posted:These are great suggestions for portable units, but I'm looking for something to plug into a wall outlet (I have an outdoor outlet right next to where I keep the bike). The linked pancake compressor or some variant sounds like a good idea, but ideally I'd like something a bit less expensive/bulky. I picked up one of these a week ago.  https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-2-G...ASABEgKZbvD_BwE small enough to stow in the back seat of my truck and good enough for really short bursts of work, along with it'll fill/inflate anything I have in short order.
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Jan 17, 2018 14:59
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Hey I wasn't trying to be snarky with the bike pump suggestion. What do you see as the benefit of an electric pump? A nice bike pump is going to be cheaper, lighter, and just as fast unless you have an overkill compressor sitting around for other stuff anyway.
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Jan 17, 2018 16:04
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Dutymode posted:Hey I wasn't trying to be snarky with the bike pump suggestion. What do you see as the benefit of an electric pump? A nice bike pump is going to be cheaper, lighter, and just as fast unless you have an overkill compressor sitting around for other stuff anyway. Correct me if I am wrong, but my impression was that there is no way a bike pump can get a moto tire to 36 psi or w/e.
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Jan 17, 2018 20:21
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It can it just takes loving forever.
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Jan 17, 2018 20:27
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If you're filling up the tar completely, yeah it sucks. But if you're going from track pressure to street pressure, or just fine-tuning once a week or whatever it's so much more convenient to just use a regular bicycle floor pump. It works well.
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Jan 17, 2018 21:08
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Anything less than $100 for a 110V air compressor is probably going to put you in Harbor Freight range, and I think air compressors fail the "will it kill me if it fails" part of that decision tree. I have a $99 refurbished pancake compressor (labeled DeWalt, not Porter Cable like the one I linked, but they're all made by Campbell Hausfeld anyway) and it's been working with no issues for the better part of ten years. I think Central Pneumatic makes the stuff Harbor Freight sells. If it explodes I'll post here immediately, assuming I survive.
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Jan 17, 2018 21:23
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pokie posted:Correct me if I am wrong, but my impression was that there is no way a bike pump can get a moto tire to 36 psi or w/e. That's why in my first post I had the seating beads caveat. Otherwise you're looking at portable pumps that run on 12V and take just as long as a manual bike pump or you may as well get a nice compressor that you'll use for other stuff.
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Jan 17, 2018 21:30
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pokie posted:Correct me if I am wrong, but my impression was that there is no way a bike pump can get a moto tire to 36 psi or w/e. Pressure isn't the problem -- a bike pump can get up to 100psi or more, since that's what you need for the super skinny racing bicycle tires. It's just that a bike tire has (very rough estimate) about a tenth of the air volume as a motorcycle tire, so it takes ten times as long to fill, and that's pretty exhausting. I have used a bike pump in a pinch though.
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Jan 17, 2018 21:38
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Ya'll are crazy. Bike tires run at something like twice the psi of a motorcycle tire, and for my motorcycles I've rarely had to add more than a couple psi. It takes no more time than pumping up bicycle tires.
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Jan 17, 2018 21:40
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Sagebrush posted:Pressure isn't the problem -- a bike pump can get up to 100psi or more, since that's what you need for the super skinny racing bicycle tires. It's just that a bike tire has (very rough estimate) about a tenth of the air volume as a motorcycle tire, so it takes ten times as long to fill, and that's pretty exhausting. Yeah, the volume delta was implied in my comment - I could have been clearer. Well, thanks for learning me, dear goons.
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Jan 17, 2018 22:50
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Jazzzzz posted:I have a $99 refurbished pancake compressor (labeled DeWalt, not Porter Cable like the one I linked, but they're all made by Campbell Hausfeld anyway) and it's been working with no issues for the better part of ten years. I think Central Pneumatic makes the stuff Harbor Freight sells. Hm. How big of an air tool can you run on it?
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Jan 18, 2018 01:25
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Hm. How big of an air tool can you run on it? Nothing big. I can break 5 lug nuts with a 1/2 inch impact, let it re-fill the tank while I change the wheel, and it will be ready for the next wheel, but that's about it. It's more useful for nailguns and the like. I have another compressor with a 25 gal tank for anything that needs a bigger supply (HVLP spray guns or the like), but neither of them can push enough CFM to run things like a jitterbug sander or an air grinder. Jazzzzz fucked around with this message at 02:46 on Jan 18, 2018 |
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Jan 18, 2018 02:42
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Jazzzzz posted:Nothing big. I can break 5 lug nuts with a 1/2 inch impact, let it re-fill the tank while I change the wheel, and it will be ready for the next wheel, but that's about it. It's more useful for nailguns and the like. I have another compressor with a 25 gal tank for anything that needs a bigger supply (HVLP spray guns or the like), but neither of them can push enough CFM to run things like a jitterbug sander or an air grinder. Well poo poo, now I think I need one. What's an HVLP spray gun? Like the kind you repaint your deck with?
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Well poo poo, now I think I need one. What's an HVLP spray gun? Like the kind you repaint your deck with? You can spray most any kind of paint with them if it's thinned appropriately. It's just a type of spray gun that doesn't require a ton of pressure to use (most run around 40PSI). If you're planning on re-spraying a tank or body panels or some other project, that's the kind of paint gun you'd use. The pancake compressor can run one for small projects no problem, but if you're spraying a lot the compressor motor will be running constantly. In an enclosed space, it's noisy as gently caress.
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Jan 18, 2018 17:01
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What about bead blasting? Can you blast beads onto rims?
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Jan 18, 2018 19:03
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captainOrbital posted:Can you blast beads onto rims? Trying to make your ride more comfortable I see. Unfortunately wooden seat beads have really poor wet grip and don't last very long so it isn't worth it.
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Jan 18, 2018 19:12
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 Get on my level. If I need a compressor, I run the box out and use the one hooked up to the air ride. Wife has one of the pancake ones that’s intended to be mounted to the garage ceiling but she’s super short so it’s bolted to the wall in here somewhere.
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captainOrbital posted:What about bead blasting? Can you blast beads onto rims? Doing a decent job of bead blasting requires a lot of CFM, most sub-$500 compressors can't keep up with it edit: maybe I misunderstood - I was talking about bead blasting as in media blasting. You can seat tire beads with a pancake compressor, it just requires a quick burst of high-ish PSI
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Jan 19, 2018 02:14
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Yeah I was being dumb and referring to seating a bead on a rim, as opposed to whatever method they used to make my GT Pantera shiny.
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I've been doing more freeway riding recently, partially because I've just been using the bike more, but also because I want to get more comfortable with it. One problem I keep having is my throttle hand just goes dead numb after about 20-30 minutes on the freeway. Well, not totally numb, because it also hurts like hell. If I slow down for ~10 seconds to take it off the throttle and wring it a bit, it gets better, but the cycle then repeats after another 20-30 minutes. At first I thought I just needed to acclimate better to freeway riding, but it doesn't seem to have gotten any better. It seems like it's a combination of the hand position when holding the throttle mostly-open, and the vibration. I have an inkling that different gloves may help; all I have now are a pair of Alpinestars SPX Air Carbon gloves. Think different gloves would help? How have others dealt with this? Bike is a Kawasaki Vulcan S; it handles freeway speeds just fine but the engine is turning pretty fast when you get up to 70-75 mph.
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You are gripping too hard. Loosen your grip, and ride more. Make sure your arms aren't at a weird angle or whatever, but that's probably not happening.
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You're holding on way too tight and/or your throttle and lever position is horrible. What bike?
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Feb 22, 2018 01:11
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Try taking the weight out of your elbows as well. I get palsy pretty bad (after an hour or so) on my outer digits.
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Feb 22, 2018 01:23
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Capn Jobe posted:I've been doing more freeway riding recently, partially because I've just been using the bike more, but also because I want to get more comfortable with it. One problem I keep having is my throttle hand just goes dead numb after about 20-30 minutes on the freeway. Well, not totally numb, because it also hurts like hell. If I slow down for ~10 seconds to take it off the throttle and wring it a bit, it gets better, but the cycle then repeats after another 20-30 minutes. I have the same bike. I have similar issues when I’m out of practice and grip the throttle too hard, or when my grip is positioned in a way that keeps my wrist bent at cruising speed. Loosening my grip and adjusting its position usually fixes the problem, even though my gloves aren’t great. To adjust my grip, I rotate my hand further forward so that when I roll on the throttle and reach cruising speed, my wrist is at a comfortable position.
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SCREWDRIVER HANDS
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Does this thread not like cramp busters? I had one years ago but lost it and never intend to super slab for 8+ hours again. Still, if you plan is to slowly fall asleep on a bike it helps.
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builds character posted:SCREWDRIVER HANDS  Bonus torture: the left grip also twists for timing advance.
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