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Carrying CO2 cartridges & inflator on bike
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Where and how do you carry them in races?



Wilfried Heinle

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this is what I do... [ In reply to ]
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http://www.trisports.com/multimount.html

most people have it on the rear of their seat post. I have an aero seat post so it wont fit properly. I carry it underneath the tube right between my legs. Works great...

Doug in Michigan

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Re: this is what I do... [campbell53] [ In reply to ]
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I'll see you that and raise you this:

http://www.trisports.com/xnut.html

But this does require you to use the saddle or flatwing




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Re: Carrying CO2 cartridges & inflator on bike [WHeinle] [ In reply to ]
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I race on tubies and tuck them into my folded spare. Spare and air all in one bundle when needed.
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Re: Carrying CO2 cartridges & inflator on bike [WHeinle] [ In reply to ]
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saddle bag.
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Re: this is what I do... [rgr195] [ In reply to ]
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[reply]I'll see you that and raise you this:

[url "http://www.trisports.com/xnut.html"]http://www.trisports.com/xnut.html[/url]

But this does require you to use the saddle or flatwing

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Actually, they screw into bottle carrier mounts, as well. I do that for sprints and oly's and tuck a spare tube and levers under the seat with a velcro wrap.

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Re: Carrying CO2 cartridges & inflator on bike [WHeinle] [ In reply to ]
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The bottom of the seat-tube is open on my TitanFlex, so, I just push one up in the seat-tube and put a piece of tape over it. I've got Slime in my race tubes, so, hopefully, I won't ever need it...or, I'll have such a hole that I'll need a whole new tire, something that happened to me last year when something cut a big chunk out of my sidewall.



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Re: Carrying CO2 cartridges & inflator on bike [WHeinle] [ In reply to ]
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I use 2 Co2 cartridges, 1 razor blade and a pump head. I tape them all together and they fit perfectly into the gap in the seat rails right under/between the seat. I tuck it in there and then place the folded tubular spare behind the seat using a velcro strap. The folded tire keeps the Co2 and stuff under/between the seat rails. Works like a charm!!!

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Paul
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Re: Carrying CO2 cartridges & inflator on bike [WHeinle] [ In reply to ]
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I have an old brass Silca CO2 inflator thingy that's nice and small. I put that, the cartridges, and two tubes into a lycra bag I got with a base layer a while ago (I guess I'm supposed to wash the base layer in that bag or something, but that ain't gonna happen), and sinch the whole thing under my seat with an old leather toe strap. Kinda like how people used to store tubulars. The whole mess is very quickly accessible and easy to throw back together so I can get on my way and limit the damage.
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Re: Carrying CO2 cartridges & inflator on bike [WHeinle] [ In reply to ]
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Another option, depending on your bike...I've got two cages rear-mounted as well as two on the frame. Rather than a saddlebag, I've got a water bottle filled with allen wrench, tire levers, two tubes and c02 cartridges. All fits in there nicely.
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