It was barely roadworthy to start with.
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First p* in years today. Only 2 x CO2 in bag for some reason, first doesn’t work, second into head and the switch doesn’t work again. Start to panic unwind screw a little, boom it works. Think I need a back up mini pump just in case for next time
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Yeah, for commuting for sure.
I’ve got a wiggle own brand one with CO2 and pump.
£10 
LifeLine Hybrid CO2 Mini Pump
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Good tip cheers, will take a look
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I can’t link, keeps opening the app and I can’t copy the link.
Just Google the bit at the bottom.
It’s the first result for me 
Here you are, this is it;
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If I commute with a bag I have my Lezyne Lite Drive HP in it. Mini pump with a decent hose on it, to avoid bent valve stems when furiously giving it the beans 
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I have the same.
Wouldn’t want it in my jersey pocket but perfect In the backpack
But CO2 just inflates rapidly.
Pumps are a back up, for if you P* twice, or you eff up both CO2 canisters.
I absolutely hate pumping roadside.
CO2 all the way
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I lost my race rocket somewhere in the house at some point, and maryka found a very knackered one of these on the road at some point which I’d been carrying for awhile, but I was very relieved when Maryka found the race rocket, it’s a tiny bit smaller to make it comfortable in the jersey pocket, rather than having a bag.
My commute bag had a mini-morph in it.
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I do have a smaller pump that will fit in a large tool canister; but that takes ages to use. I can fit that, two tubes and 2x CO2/chuck plus a mini chain splitter in a canister. But for that 400k ride I did, I just took the Lezyne in my frame bag; no gas.
My second triathlon ever - using all my brothers gear - was Alpe D’huez. I got a flat immediately out of T1 ( whole field whooshed past laughing ) - no pump just the CO2 canisters - well I’d never used a CO2 canister before. So I just stood there like an idiot after changing the tube. A nice French man came over and nonchalantly attached the thing for me and I was off again. Totally saved my day. One of the most enjoyable bike rides I’ve ever had. A bit nervey I’d get another flat though
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Any suggestions on bike locks?
Campus, where i’ll mostly be using it, is pretty secure. So doesn’t need to be some silly beefy thing. Needs to be light if i’ve got to carry it everywhere, and pref combination as i’ll inevitably forget my keys half the time.
Does it really matter, as pretty much all but the chunkiest ones can be snipped through by any determined thief with some cutters?
It depends on whether your insurer specifies a gold-standard lock for your cover to be valid 
If it’s out in the open I’d definitely go with two different locks. Normal practice is to leave big, heavy locks attached to the rack when you go home so you’re not lugging them back and forth with you. Carry something a bit lighter in case you need to stop on the way.
Make sure you park your bike next to something better and/or with inferior locks 
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See my post above. That has survived 16 months of the hardiest London scallywags. Think it is a Magnum. Gold standard.
You’d need more than cutters to get through that.
i work in a leafy campus in ‘urban’ Devon. It’s away from the city and doesn’t have much ‘through’ traffic i.e. 99% of vistors are on campus for Uni business. Its parked up in a shelter, in the car park outside the building where the Security team are based. So it’s pretty unlikely to get any attention.
In my experience (which admittedly was 30 years ago now), University campuses are often targeted for their bikes. It’s not the through traffic you need to worry about. It’s a nice bike, I would definitely go for a heavy lock left in place, or even try to get the bike indoors.
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Caught bicycle thieves right at it whilst I was at art school. We all tied our bikes up outside the old Vic bar on Renfrew street opposite the Mac building ( the one that burnt done twice 
)
My bike was stolen a few months into the summer term. Remember looking out the studio window and seeing the gap on the railings - ouch
Anyway, nearing end of year I was in Vic bar having an orange juice with a pal when he spotted it happening in plain sight.
It was very organised. 3 / 4 guys in a car. One jumped out with an enormous set of bolt cutters and cut the lock and then the other guy jumped on and peddled off down the hill - pretty steep inclines up garnet hill way so no chance of running after them.
So we ran out and faced them off. We all just burst out laughing as no one quite knew what to do. Then I said ‘ hey, you knicked my bike! ‘ by which time they were gone.
We saved the bike. Got a nice note from the girl who’s it was. There was a spate of them being pinched. Such an obvious target. We have bike storage things now turning up in the residential streets…/ little Nissen hut type things. I don’t know how safe they are/ what the system is.
Personally I’d never lock a bike up outside in Glasgow lol - had 2 pinched. The next bike by a little ned outside a friends studio in the Templeton building ( old carpet factory ) - wily little cunt asked me which floor i was going up to when I got in the lift - me thinking he would press the lift button. Yeah walked into that one - fucker
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Geezus when did the commute get so hard.
Figured I needed to get back to it - think it was about 9 months ago (before lockdown 2) when I was even regularly commuting.
Not missed the commuter bike, the crappy MTB shoes, the rucksack, the sh1te needed to go in the rucksack, the same f**king roads, the traffic lights.
I can tolerate it when the roads are bad as its usually quicker on the bike - but school holidays and plenty still WFH it felt like a struggle.
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Does anyone keep a commuter outdoors all the time?
I’ve got space behind the shed for the commuter/hack, would make access to it easier. I’m thinking of fabricating a tarpaulin roof/cover.
Just wonder if anyone has any suggestions for year round outdoor storage.
I kept an MTB outside in Germany, under a balcony. As long as it’s out of the rain, it should be fine.