Rideair tyre inflator seeks Kickstarter funding + video

Going tubeless has meant me not having a puncture for over four years.

Just saying.

I agree with the general consensus; there is no market for this, at any price.

Many if not most bicycle shock/suspension pumps will go to 300PSI.

Most mobile crane tyres run at 10 bar (145 psi) and we cannot inflate them to this pressure at garages open to the public, we have to inflate them in the depot. Most public pumps will only go to 8 or 9 bar as a maximum. There are all sorts of safety implications involved when you are dealing with pressures this high.

I fail to see what, if any, relevance there is to the fact that the pressure vessel can cope with pressures up to 21 bar. I would expect a 100% redundancy safety factor as a matter of course. Think bike parked in strong sunlight on a summer's day. 21 bar is not a usable pressure.

The only use I can see for this inflator is indoors next to where you park your bike for dealing with a soggy tyre not a puncture. And even then I would expect you to have a track pump to hand anyway.

I'm out!

No-one seems to have spotted the fatal flaw in this.
'the Rideair is charged using an air compressor, the sort you get at a petrol station or in a bike shop, so you can use it again and again... the 650ml tank can hold up to 300 psi...'

Err - no. Tell me all about the 300psi foot pumps you have. Tell me about the 300psi air supply in your local garage. I didnt think so. 20bar is a really inconveneint pressure - not enough for diving cylinders etc, too much for a 12V compressor. Good luck with that rather poor idea.

I considered getting one until I realised how big they were. I get fed up with how throwaway and disposable society has become (I'm no eco warrior but does anyone remember the days when we used to repair things like televisions?) so don't want to use CO2 cannisters that will get chucked once used so will have to stick to the good old hand pump.

I don't see the point of this! A CO2 inflator is super fast to and alot more compact! And a good pump (i like my Lezyne) is small and gets more uses to it. So why would u take something so big with u, weighs a ton and u can only carry one bottle! Sorry but this is a STUPID idea! Btw, how many times u get a flat that u need this, get better tires if it's that much!

Good luck to them but for the above reasons I'm out.....

If you're serious about cycling this is too heavy and cumbersome and not for you. And if you can't be arsed to use a hand pump in all other scenarios you probably won't ride a bike. Or will rarely do so enough to get enough punctures to make this worthwhile....so this strikes me as a fleecing device for the foolhardy.

It's under $10000 from their target so there must be enough people out there who want it.

That's huge! How many punctures do they think I'm planning on having?

If that could be joined to an airzound, so that it's an reservoir for the horn and an inflator for a flat, they just might have a product that would interest a good block of commuters. As it is, nope.

If you can't pump up a tyre, you probably can't change or mend a tube either. I may be cynical but a lot of Kickstarter products seem to be the same i.e a solution desperately seeking a problem. Refillable aerosols have been around for ages, this looks very similar to something I purchased about 20 years ago but didn't use for long as it was useless !

neat idea but doubt it'll get much traction with the (semi)serious road/mtb riders. I can see this in sale in somewhere like decathlon where the leisure cyclists might take an interest (if it wasn't too expensive).

Don't see the point, it's too bulky an old frame fitting pump would be less obstrusive. If you want an inflator CO2 canisters are cheep and much smaller/easier to stash away and carry. If it could be made much smaller then perhaps it would be useful.