compressor for mtb tyre

[rouxtjie]

http://www.midas.co....e.asp?relid=296

 

Would this be good enough?

Nope....not enough volume or flow....you need bigger. 160L minimum I would say.

[Rudi Pollard]

Nope....not enough volume or flow....you need bigger. 160L minimum I would say.

 

Geez that one you got for R599 was a steal!!! I am also in the market for a compressor pump

[RichieT]

I run a lightweight workshop these days and for seating tyres I use a bomb. For all other tyre inflation duties I have a no name floor pump from LBS which works OK.

[gwhite]

Geez that one you got for R599 was a steal!!! I am also in the market for a compressor pump

 

Agreed and yes I am also in the market for one

[Rudi Pollard]

I run a lightweight workshop these days and for seating tyres I use a bomb. For all other tyre inflation duties I have a no name floor pump from LBS which works OK.

 

The problem with using bombs is that you mess up the sealant when you use it!!! And after a while the cost of using bombs will be more than what a proper pump would have cost you in the first place. And you can use the proper pump for your car as well...

[Rudi Pollard]

Agreed and yes I am also in the market for one

 

I have something like this in mind, but waiting for a special somewhere... http://www.outdoorwarehouse.co.za/motoquip-160l-compressor.html

[gwhite]

I have something like this in mind, but waiting for a special somewhere... http://www.outdoorwa...compressor.html

 

I was also looking at that one... for now that seems to be the going price even at Makro

[ALLMTB]

PS

 

It was one of those purchases that the wife went..."really? REALLY? When are you ever going to use that thing". Let me set the scene

 

I am very much an impulse buyer, I can walk into a builders warehouse to go and buy some chlorine and walk out with a benchsaw or hydraulic press, so when I went to outdoor warehouse I just wanted the latest getaway, but walked out with that and this mini compressor with puncture repair kit for cars....wife gave me the houtoog and really really speech...I just shrugged and went...you know me by now babes.

 

So picture this a week later...wife gets up on the sat morning to go and have breakfast wife her friends and some snooty snotty trendy cafe bar, I slept in...heard the garage door open, car starting...and then car got switch off...thinking she forgot her sunnies or purse I wasn't bothered. Now this is where it gets interesting...wife sees she has puncture and now refusing to admit that my impulse purchase will be handy gets the jack, wheelspanner and spare wheel out of the boot all sneaky like...cause she is now going to be hardegat and change her own tyre(she is stubborn that way). I hear spanners and tools fall on the garage floor so got up to see what's going on. Tip toeing to the garage...I hear some choice words as she tries to get jack under the car, So I position myself in the doorway without her noticing all smug like, arms folded with a smug grin on my face. When she notices me after a minute, she gave me one look and said....ok use your new toy and fix please babe....all i heard was...you are a legend.

 

Got my t-max out...found the nail that caused the puncture, removed it....plugged the hole and pump her tyre up in less than 10 minutes and she was off to said breakfast and skinner session

 

That my friends is why this little compressor is worth its weight in gold....oh and it makes tubeless conversions a breeze. Get one!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

HAHAHA! That is awesome!

I am still trying convince my SO that I need a compressor, but I always get the reply "when are you ever going to use it!?"

 

Something like this will do perfect:

 

http://www.tooltime.co.za/ProductDetails.aspx?id=224

[flat29]

PS

 

buy some chlorine

this mini compressor .

 

you are a legend.

 

 

 

this is what I got from your reply.

You can help with tubeless while we are sitting in your pool drinking a castle lite

LEGEND

[Capricorn]

PS

 

It was one of those purchases that the wife went..."really? REALLY? When are you ever going to use that thing". Let me set the scene

 

I am very much an impulse buyer, I can walk into a builders warehouse to go and buy some chlorine and walk out with a benchsaw or hydraulic press, so when I went to outdoor warehouse I just wanted the latest getaway, but walked out with that and this mini compressor with puncture repair kit for cars....wife gave me the houtoog and really really speech...I just shrugged and went...you know me by now babes.

 

So picture this a week later...wife gets up on the sat morning to go and have breakfast wife her friends and some snooty snotty trendy cafe bar, I slept in...heard the garage door open, car starting...and then car got switch off...thinking she forgot her sunnies or purse I wasn't bothered. Now this is where it gets interesting...wife sees she has puncture and now refusing to admit that my impulse purchase will be handy gets the jack, wheelspanner and spare wheel out of the boot all sneaky like...cause she is now going to be hardegat and change her own tyre(she is stubborn that way). I hear spanners and tools fall on the garage floor so got up to see what's going on. Tip toeing to the garage...I hear some choice words as she tries to get jack under the car, So I position myself in the doorway without her noticing all smug like, arms folded with a smug grin on my face. When she notices me after a minute, she gave me one look and said....ok use your new toy and fix please babe....all i heard was...you are a legend.

 

Got my t-max out...found the nail that caused the puncture, removed it....plugged the hole and pump her tyre up in less than 10 minutes and she was off to said breakfast and skinner session

 

That my friends is why this little compressor is worth its weight in gold....oh and it makes tubeless conversions a breeze. Get one!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

you are one seriously funny bra!

[rouxtjie]

I was also looking at that one... for now that seems to be the going price even at Makro

That is the one brothers....the t-max one is obviously just painted another colour(all yellow) but its EXACTLY the same and from the same factory guaranteed.

 

PS wait till they run a special...gots mine for 599 a year or so ago.

[Stretch]

PS

 

It was one of those purchases that the wife went..."really? REALLY? When are you ever going to use that thing". Let me set the scene

 

I am very much an impulse buyer, I can walk into a builders warehouse to go and buy some chlorine and walk out with a benchsaw or hydraulic press, so when I went to outdoor warehouse I just wanted the latest getaway, but walked out with that and this mini compressor with puncture repair kit for cars....wife gave me the houtoog and really really speech...I just shrugged and went...you know me by now babes.

 

So picture this a week later...wife gets up on the sat morning to go and have breakfast wife her friends and some snooty snotty trendy cafe bar, I slept in...heard the garage door open, car starting...and then car got switch off...thinking she forgot her sunnies or purse I wasn't bothered. Now this is where it gets interesting...wife sees she has puncture and now refusing to admit that my impulse purchase will be handy gets the jack, wheelspanner and spare wheel out of the boot all sneaky like...cause she is now going to be hardegat and change her own tyre(she is stubborn that way). I hear spanners and tools fall on the garage floor so got up to see what's going on. Tip toeing to the garage...I hear some choice words as she tries to get jack under the car, So I position myself in the doorway without her noticing all smug like, arms folded with a smug grin on my face. When she notices me after a minute, she gave me one look and said....ok use your new toy and fix please babe....all i heard was...you are a legend.

 

Got my t-max out...found the nail that caused the puncture, removed it....plugged the hole and pump her tyre up in less than 10 minutes and she was off to said breakfast and skinner session

 

That my friends is why this little compressor is worth its weight in gold....oh and it makes tubeless conversions a breeze. Get one!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

why have I STILL not had a beer with you china!!

[Stretch]

HAHAHA! That is awesome!

I am still trying convince my SO that I need a compressor, but I always get the reply "when are you ever going to use it!?"

 

Something like this will do perfect:

 

http://www.tooltime....ils.aspx?id=224

 

My wife would use one as she spray paints stuff for her chick craft..but I am tighter than a ducks backside with money...so it would take ME some convincing to buy one

[Toon63]

http://www.midas.co....e.asp?relid=296

 

Would this be good enough?

 

no not to inflate a tubeless from zero

 

I've got one and work wonders to top-up but does not work to seat the tyre to the rim

[BarHugger]

PS

 

It was one of those purchases that the wife went..."really? REALLY? When are you ever going to use that thing". Let me set the scene

 

I am very much an impulse buyer, I can walk into a builders warehouse to go and buy some chlorine and walk out with a benchsaw or hydraulic press, so when I went to outdoor warehouse I just wanted the latest getaway, but walked out with that and this mini compressor with puncture repair kit for cars....wife gave me the houtoog and really really speech...I just shrugged and went...you know me by now babes.

 

 

That my friends is why this little compressor is worth its weight in gold....oh and it makes tubeless conversions a breeze. Get one!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

GOOOOOO YOU BEAUTYYYY!!!

 

I also fall in that category......according to my SO......impulsive, not-needed-now, there-is-no-space-for-it shop-aholic. That is until a similar situation as above occurs..................MacGyver, move over. I sometimes have a spanner to fix the spanner that I am using (that is if it breaks).

 

Rouxster, there is a 24h at the end of March at Rosemary Hill (29-30 March). Bring your stuff and I will bring mine......5 star camping and a field bike-service centre to be proud of.

 

Just a suggestion....

 

PS: There is still that "tubeless-tyre-inflate-with-hand-pump" wager that needs to be sorted out......

[Mojoman]

PS

 

It was one of those purchases that the wife went..."really? REALLY? When are you ever going to use that thing". Let me set the scene

 

I am very much an impulse buyer, I can walk into a builders warehouse to go and buy some chlorine and walk out with a benchsaw or hydraulic press, so when I went to outdoor warehouse I just wanted the latest getaway, but walked out with that and this mini compressor with puncture repair kit for cars....wife gave me the houtoog and really really speech...I just shrugged and went...you know me by now babes.

 

So picture this a week later...wife gets up on the sat morning to go and have breakfast wife her friends and some snooty snotty trendy cafe bar, I slept in...heard the garage door open, car starting...and then car got switch off...thinking she forgot her sunnies or purse I wasn't bothered. Now this is where it gets interesting...wife sees she has puncture and now refusing to admit that my impulse purchase will be handy gets the jack, wheelspanner and spare wheel out of the boot all sneaky like...cause she is now going to be hardegat and change her own tyre(she is stubborn that way). I hear spanners and tools fall on the garage floor so got up to see what's going on. Tip toeing to the garage...I hear some choice words as she tries to get jack under the car, So I position myself in the doorway without her noticing all smug like, arms folded with a smug grin on my face. When she notices me after a minute, she gave me one look and said....ok use your new toy and fix please babe....all i heard was...you are a legend.

 

Got my t-max out...found the nail that caused the puncture, removed it....plugged the hole and pump her tyre up in less than 10 minutes and she was off to said breakfast and skinner session

 

That my friends is why this little compressor is worth its weight in gold....oh and it makes tubeless conversions a breeze. Get one!!!!!!!!!!

 

I have a Tmax one I bought when I still had my 4x4, those little compressors work quite well, we once inflated 12 tyres in a row with it! It does the tubeless tyres on the tubeless rims perfectly but I couldn't get a folding tyre to seat on the rim. Its one of those twin headed units.