Good conversations are so rare. It has been a long time, for me.
(I enjoy abstract conversations about optimistic directions for technology -- although it often involves invoking and talking about -- joking about, if possible -- all of the possible dystopias to avoid along the way. we seem to be dipping our toes into almost all of the latter nowadays, but I tend to believe that doing that also helps expose the nature of the problems more clearly for a wider audience. I also really enjoy bicycle adventures despite rarely being that well prepared for them. recently I spent an hour on a hill "modifying" a front rim to accept a Schraeder valve rather than a Presta valve after suffering a flat and bringing the wrong kind of spare innertube with me; typical)
Speaking of nightmares, my current pet dystopia is solar flare collapse. I'm generally highly, highly optimistic about what science and technology can accomplish, but this is the one thing that makes me doubt the future. It's led me to seriously consider taking on an organized survivalist/prepatory hobby, not only for the slight chance of societal collapse, but it sounds fun to systematize that sort of primitive-style safety net.
What's the model of Serfas pump you mention? That sounds like a good problem to be aware of.
I promise not to throw anyone's food out the window from here on out.