Do you carry an air compressor?

[Rincewind]

Just wondering what the poll will show.  I have a Slime compressor that I pack along on longer trips, but it's sort of heavy and I rarely use it on the road.

[garry]

I don't leave the garage without my tire repair kit. You can get a flat anywhere.

[nater]

Good lands--no.  Why would I want to strap that to my back??

[bomber]

I have a tool tube with my first aid  kits (tire {including a slime pump} and human) . . . . . ..  on the primary bike at all times

[Capirex]

Could have used one yesterday.  I had to call my wife to bring me the plug kit and the bike pump.  

[stealth1]

I have one that fits nicely under the seat with my plug kit.
I just put it there and forget about it.
Come to think, I should probably do an operational check on it since it hasn't been used in a couple of years.

Years ago a guy I was riding with saved my bacon with a bicycle type pump that had come standard under the seat on his BMW R90.

[County Tar]

But of course.

[steve.ski]

Yep, Slime pump & flat fix kit always under the seat. Thankfully I have not had to use it, but just in case it's there...

[DangerMoney]

For the street bikes, only on trips.

For the off-road bike, all the time. Mainly because I sometimes lower pressures when on dirt and then air-up for the ride home.

I bought the cheapest, smallest compressor I could find at Walmart (about $12), took off the plastic housing and threw it away and just carry the bare compressor to save space.

[Scratch33]

I don't leave the garage without my tire repair kit. You can get a flat anywhere.

Yup.

[Kneescrubber]

Plug kit and air cartridges. Only on long trips though.

[Castaway]

I haven't in the past, but the more I think about the situations I've gotten myself into (dirt/rocky roads in the middle of nowhere desert) I feel stupid for not having had one. It's on the list. Same goes for first aid kit.

[shil]

A tire repair kit and the smallest mtn bike tire pump I could find live under the SV's seat.
I have not needed either yet but they're there if I do.

[stromgal]

Always. It seems to ensure that the only flats I fix are on other people's bikes.  


Except for that one time on the TT, which had no place to carry anything.

[ConPilot1]

Beauty of the large Connie bags. Slime pump and then some always ride in he side case.

[Lawn Dart]

typically CO2 cartridges for anything local, but on long trips I bring both CO2's and a compressor.

[st2sam]

I always carry my $8.00 stripped down Wally World compressor and plug kit.
Two weekends ago I had the missfortune of trying it out for the first time.
 It works great if a little slow, it put 38psi in but the plug failed. I ended up putting 3 ropes in because the nail went in sideways and ripped the tire. The sad part is it was a brand new tire with only about 500 miles on it!  
$231.00 later I was on my way with another new tire...
I can't compain to much though, first flat in about 5 years.

[mugwump58]

My last flat was at the indianapolis state fair grounds at the first GP. I only carried a Zefal hand pump, more that capable. Unfortunatley it was back at the tent

I now usually carry cartridges locally and a slime pump on trips.

[squeezer]

Had a bad hole in the middle of the eastern Oregon desert that wouldn't hold a plug. The tire went down several times before I could get to civilization. Without the compressor, I'd have been well and truly screwed.

It's on the bike all the time. Of course, I also have a lot of space to carry crap like that.

[cultureslayer]

ATPlugsATT, compressor is added for trips.  Around town there's a gas station with air on every corner, so no need to carry it.