This one?
Or one of these
TCi think Silca heads suck
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You don’t want that. Absolutely not. They are a requirement to pump up a disc, but you dont want it in any other scenario. Every one i’ve ever used has to be held on to the valve, so it requires two people to pump up the tire - one using both hands to keep that thing from blowing off the valve and the other to do the pumping.
It’s not hard, I think the frustration is that you just spent 15 minutes pumping up your tire on the side of the road with a tiny travel pump and you have to start all over again.
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Topeak or gtfo
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My ex literally ran off with my Topeak and I immediately primed a new one once I figured out what she had done
the 17-4 stainless head is the one to get, if you go the Silca route. If you’ve got a lezyne with the air bleed button, it’ll work in concert with the Silca head to make pulling the whole deal off your valve easier.
I’m a big fan of the Silca head.
I have two non-silca floor pumps and a compressor with those heads.
They don’t even make a brass head anymore? I always thought that was a signature part of the look.
During relationshiplyfe, we had a Joe Blow Sport as a “house” pump, then another Sport and an older Silca for my use. We could have shared one pump, but all of my bikes lived in the basement and everyone else’s lived in the garage. Also, didn’t want to deal with kids getting slime all over the head.
Scoop __ flat
Technically they blow. Well, they’re connected to stuff that does anyway.
Sort of dither, sort of ramble, sort of DQ:
I was thinking weird thoughts about planing. If you had a Surly LHT, could you “fake” planing by putting a weight on a spring attached to the head tube?
quick make that and sell it to rivendell for $120 in limited supplies once every 6 months. Comes with free beeswax to prevent rust on the weight.
No need to fake it, just use it as intended
Carry 60 pounds in rear panniers or a seatpost-attached trailer
or eat lots of donuts and gain 60lbs
I just meant that as a turdly example, but yeah. I guess the rear panniers will arrive feeling fresh in that scenario.
Is it bad that I can pull the crown race off by hand? I doesn’t seem to be wobbly when it’s on, but there isn’t a lot of friction holding it there.
This is on the same bike that I’ve been having headset issues on. I pulled the fork to take it to the shop to put in the oversized starnut that Josh got me.