Thanks again, guys. Although I haven't ridden the bike again yet I really do have a hunch that the problem is solved.
I did blow through the filter afterwards but I think I might have been blowing the wrong way. There wasn't much resistance as I recall but it's only the second time I've ever dealt with a K bike filter thusly. Coincidentally, the same day I was blowing through the filter I had been blowing through some elaborate medical apparatus during a clinical research study of lifelong non-smokers I was participating in to determine my lung capacity!
So even if there was any resistance in the filter I might not have been able to notice it as I was blowing as hard as I could about a dozen times earlier that day.
I'll post a followup next time I go for a decent ride which may be later today; been moved in for a couple of months now and I've hardly begun to discover all the great roads around Albuquerque yet.
I did blow through the filter afterwards but I think I might have been blowing the wrong way. There wasn't much resistance as I recall but it's only the second time I've ever dealt with a K bike filter thusly. Coincidentally, the same day I was blowing through the filter I had been blowing through some elaborate medical apparatus during a clinical research study of lifelong non-smokers I was participating in to determine my lung capacity!
So even if there was any resistance in the filter I might not have been able to notice it as I was blowing as hard as I could about a dozen times earlier that day.
I'll post a followup next time I go for a decent ride which may be later today; been moved in for a couple of months now and I've hardly begun to discover all the great roads around Albuquerque yet.