Fenders

[Con_Brio]

I think you are supposed to be able to reinflate fenders that have gone squashy. But how? The tiny hole doesn't look like a valve and wouldn't accommodate any of the selection of inflator pump nozzles I have. Advice, please.

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[AndCur]

Use the air line at your local garage. It wont be a perfect fit but will do the job.

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[StephenW]

You need to buy a needle shaped adapter that will fit into the fender valve and fits on the end of a bicycle pump or fender pum (Compass do a fender pump with adapters-about £6.60)

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[Jools_of_Top_Cat]

Yup, I bought one of those, it is the same as the football adapter, there is another adapter I got from compass marine at a jumble when I picked up a couple of new fenders this year, it is a small plastic jobbie, that allows you to screw a car pump type clamp to it.

After killing myself to get a pathetic amount of air into the fenders with a bike pump, I took them to the garage, perfect and luvly jubly.



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[vyv_cox]

Just press a bicycle or car tyre pump onto the inflator hole and pump away. No need for any adaptor or connector. Takes a long time with a bike pump, though.

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[Gordonmc]

Anyone know how to keep air in a Plastimo fender?
The pump adaptor is cone shape which fits into the hole in the fender after a similar shape plug is taken out, but there doesn't seem to be any valve to stop the air coming out before the plug can be screwed back in.
Very frustrating.


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[Con_Brio]

Thanks, every one. I'll try the garage airline.

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[seaesta]

I have a really big fender like you describe with no valve. The season before last it was badly inflated and I could not seem to improve matters. In the end I waited until a very cold winter day- opened it up - footled about until it was reasonably full and closed the plug very firmly. As the season approached and the weather warmed up the fender was reasonably full and tight. I expect you could do something similar with a big deep freeze!
Martin of Whitby

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