My first ride in the snow!

[mstone]

Everyone should have a pump, or what would you do in the zombie apocalypse?

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@mstone 44117 wrote:

Everyone should have a pump, or what would you do in the zombie apocalypse?

Depending on which bike I am on, I might just try and peddle faster than the guy with the pump.

[Rod Smith]

Yes you should have a pump and if you have only one, it should be portable, so you’ll have it when you need it. Something that has a hose, so you are pushing with as much of your weight as necessary against the ground, not a pump that requires you to push with arm strength while holding the other end with your other hand which is probably connected to your weaker arm. And it should have a gauge.

Just my opinion, many prefer a floor pump at home and CO2 on the road…

Everyone’s different, but snow bothers my eyes more than my face, so glasses, preferably clear lens, or goggles would be a priority over face mask for me, but if it’s really coming down, you need both. If it’s really coming down, I’m trying not to ride my bicycle. :p

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@Rod Smith 44133 wrote:

Just my opinion, many prefer a floor pump at home and CO2 on the road…

CO2 is fine, until you get multiple flats on a ride and run out of CO2 cartridges…. (I don’t carry a pump as a backup to CO2, I carry a second pump as a backup in case the first pump fails….)

[vvill]

Goggles work pretty well for me. You instantly look like a git but the reduced eye-watering and snot production is well worth it to me. I’ll carry sunglasses too on longer riders so I can switch later.

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