Neither live in a mud hut nor veiled under anything, just plain uncomfortable truths.
…But these days modern tyres are so much more puncture proof (as long as you don't insist on being at the top of the BRR leader board) that it doesn't seem worthwhile…
I would agree, but then last summer I fitted some Gravelkings, the frame fit pump saw more use than any of my MTB mini-pumps have for some time.
I guess what I’m suggesting is that the solutions maybe need to suit the application(s) better, the actual (longer term) use cases for leccy air puffers are a bit narrower than an “old fashioned” equivalent.
..just plain uncomfortable truths…
Meh, while I agree your point it’s the beginning of a whole pile of whataboutery based nonsense, i.e. I assume you’re viewing this here interwebs page on some form of future E-waste type device? Let’s not start down that road.
We’re all in the same glass house, some of us are flicking pebbles about others juggling rocks. It’s fine to point out the foolishness of others choices, but you’ll get nowhere if trying to convince everyone else to agree with you simply by belittling them…
After being let down by a mini pump on the top of a French mountain (just 100m into the descent I’d suffered all the way up to earn) I decided to never again be without a backup inflation device. For now, I carry a CO2. As a standby I think the electric pump seems like a great idea. I don’t like the idea of the noise. But on the few occasions I’ve had to use a CO2 canister, I confess I did enjoy the lack of effort.
Fighting capitalism 🤣