[jyl]

Chain cleaned and lubed - check. Tires about six months old - err, not check. Oh well.

Trucks carry your luggage.

I went the opposite way. Tossed the CO2 inflator, replaced with frame pump. Last time I had a flat, my CO2 inflator was empty. I think it had leaked. I had to go knocking on doors until I found someone with a bike pump. So then I started carrying extra CO2 cartridges. I looked up tires fills per cartridge, and realized I'd want to carry three extra cartridges for a 200 mile ride, to be safe. Screw that. A pump is lighter.