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  1. #151
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    yup it's good, and the housing is fine once you've un-rooted it. Can't be bothered with the Contour software, but you need it to change the camera settings

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    I think this one's on the highest setting


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    Torpedo7 has 1/4" torque wrench 3-15Nm $70...
    http://www.torpedo7.co.nz/products/T7TOWN0WS
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    Quote Originally Posted by warewolf View Post
    Torpedo7 has 1/4" torque wrench 3-15Nm $70...
    http://www.torpedo7.co.nz/products/T7TOWN0WS
    Yeah but the good ones are so much more expensive I had this discussion with someone - is it better to spend the extra hundred dollars or more to buy a tool where accuracy is it's intention or pay for the damage caused by its' Chinaist manufacturing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Padmei View Post
    Yeah but the good ones are so much more expensive I had this discussion with someone - is it better to spend the extra hundred dollars or more to buy a tool where accuracy is it's intention or pay for the damage caused by its' Chinaist manufacturing.
    It's pretty easy to do a rough calibration check on a torque wrench. Better a cheap one than not having one.

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    You can get closer to the proper torque setting even with a dodgy torque wrench than without one.

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    Whats a torque wrench?

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    it's one of me that don't shuddup

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    Quote Originally Posted by Padmei View Post
    Yeah but the good ones are so much more expensive I had this discussion with someone - is it better to spend the extra hundred dollars or more to buy a tool where accuracy is it's intention or pay for the damage caused by its' Chinaist manufacturing.
    Never mind the accuracy... woulda thought a torque wrench in the same post code as your bike would do you!

    There's so much more to getting the proper torque that the measuring stick is just one thing that can go wrong.
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    Tyres

    Some of these prices look pretty sharp: Cycletreads One Day Specials.

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    I've just bought a new GIYO floor pump which Torpedo 7 seem to special off at $18 +shipping fairly regularly. A useful thing to own if you change your own tyres and don't have a compressor.
    The locking mechanism on the head is a bit stiff, but it has a nice pumping action - much easier than my more expensive floor pump.
    It seems pretty solid, so hopefully it will last a while, but for <$20 it possibly doesn't matter.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rosie View Post
    I've just bought a new GIYO floor pump which Torpedo 7 seem to special off at $18 +shipping fairly regularly. A useful thing to own if you change your own tyres and don't have a compressor.
    The locking mechanism on the head is a bit stiff, but it has a nice pumping action - much easier than my more expensive floor pump.
    It seems pretty solid, so hopefully it will last a while, but for <$20 it possibly doesn't matter.
    Rosie, I've got one of these Giyo pumps, had it for over 4 years, great pump. Paid a bit more than $20 for it tho.
    Has a sturdy aluminium shaft, capable of high pressures, and pressure guage is a bonus, although I always double check pressure with a separate digital guage just to make sure. I use it regularly for mtb tyres, motorbike, wheelbarrow, blah, blah.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CrazyFrog View Post
    Rosie, I've got one of these Giyo pumps, had it for over 4 years, great pump. Paid a bit more than $20 for it tho.
    Has a sturdy aluminium shaft, capable of high pressures, and pressure guage is a bonus, although I always double check pressure with a separate digital guage just to make sure. I use it regularly for mtb tyres, motorbike, wheelbarrow, blah, blah.
    Useful to know. I just bought it to keep at work, fully expecting it to be tinny and crap, but it looks pretty good.
    So I thought I should spread the word to save all those poor people trying to set the bead on their tyres using a compact hand pump
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    I've got one that looks identical (foot, gauge, handles etc) but with a flip up valve fitting. Got it from Kathmandu about 3 years ago ($40ish) and its done more than a few 140/80-18 tyres and still going strong.

    Like the Crazy Amphibian I too check pressures with a separate gauge cause the built in one has proved to be a bit wayward.

    Agree re MTB compact pumps. Anybody who's inflated a 140/80-18 or 150/70-18 on the back of a KTM 9X0 Adv (or the rear on a boxer bema) with a compact MTB hand pump will know what hard work is. (KTM 4 inch wide rim = lots of air)

    Cheers R
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    I've finally killed the gauge on my Avanti one I got about 10 years ago.

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