| POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Floor Pumps
You will need to bring your own floor pump with you
to inflate your tires in the morning. Our floor pumps
are for emergency use only and will not be available for
general participant use
in the morning before the ride. This policy exists for two
major reasons.
First, we simply
do not have enough floor pumps to offer to all
participants. It would take too much time for
our existing floor pumps to go around and be used by
everyone when
our number one priority in the morning is getting our
stuff together to be able to begin the ride!
Second, it
is extremely important to maintain working floor pumps for
both the comfort and safety of all participants. In
the
past we have had an absolutely horrible time keeping
our floor pumps in operating condition because too
often participants either didn’t know how to correctly
attach the pump nozzle to their valve stem or were too harsh
with
the pump and ended up breaking it. If a floor pump were to
break not only would we unnecessarily spend time
repairing it, we would also have to assume that any necessary
repair parts for the pump would not be available in town
in which case we would have to buy a new pump
if one was even available, which can't be guaranteed.
Floor pumps will be available
at every rest stop upon request for tire pressure top offs.
This is particularly
convenient
if you get a flat tire on the road and are unable to fully
inflate your tire with your hand pump. Pumps will be able
to accommodate both Presta and Schrader valve types and have
built in pressure gauges.
Participants may not operate our floor
pumps themselves to prevent misuse and breakage. Only staff
members are allowed to operate our
floor pumps. |
