As surely as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, if you ride a bicycle you can bet your ass against an apple that you are going to get a flat. Not if, but when. Death and taxes, and all that.
This could be Pierre or Antonio or Jean-Michel, most likely a name that rolls off the tongue with the same ease he rolled his dead tubular from the rim. The strokes of the pump as powerful and smooth as the strokes of his guns, as precise and clean as his socks, skin tanned and polished like the shoes on his feet, tough like the gloves on his hands.
This is an ambassador of Looking Fantastic; he would never contemplate turning his steed upside down, and surely this moment was an instigator of Rule #49. And you know that the shredded tub laying there will soon be wrapped around the shoulders in full Rule #77 compliance prior to resuming to Lay Down The V.
Pierre, Antonio, whatever be your name, we salute you for pioneering the Art of Awesome and being Compliant as Fuck in those tough days of yore.
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@Xyverz
These are stonkingly good....the instruction card even has a peelable back and acts as n adhesive tyre boot! Once the boot has been used i replace it with a parktools one cut in half....voila!
@Deakus might help if i put the image in as a reference!
@Xyverz
The US Dollar is not what it once was.........
@TBONE
@VeloVita
Blow out/Gash liners come wrapped around every delicious Meli Waffle. Why would you buy any other kind?
After moving to Belgium, I was informed that a mini-pump is considered superior to CO2 on the basis that if one is serious about one's ride, then one needs a way to maintain a high heart rate while changing a flat. Of course that was translated roughly from Vlaams to English by a third party(I am only just yet learning the mother-tongue). It was a rough translation to my understanding, but I was told it was "close enough" by a smirking hardman in the rain.
Perhaps not quite suitable for AOP this is an absolute gem. One can only hope that it will find its way to #PeterSagan as an example of how to please the press, the tifosi and the podium girl without demeaning anyone.
@Deakus
...and you're out riding your bike rather than driving in a heated car, because why?
I'm a convert to the pump. Of course, shoes should be black and socks white, too.
@Teocalli
Sadly, this is true. I was told that to do the work that $1 USD did back in "the day" you have to at least use a $20 bill now. ;-)
@TBONE I think to use CO2 bottles is soft. A good pump (I like Lezyne and quality, useability and style) is far more practical. When your mate, who lacks V has his second puncture and has no more CO2, what will you charge for the use of your pump? 1 coffee or 2?
Sorry, tipped over the edge into homoeroticism and weird OCDness. I've earned my living by swinging a sledge hammer for eight hours. When you've done the "it hurts but it's paying the rent equation" this kind of bollocks really is not acceptable... Tears, use the sandpaper out of your puncture repair kit and when it fails carry the fucker home... Jesus wept....