How do you deal with a flat?
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How do you deal with a flat?
I came across this while browsing around the interwebs. On it's face it seems like a good idea but I don't see how it could work on clincher tires since it would have to patch the tube. Also many times the sourse of the flat is not so easy to locate without removing the tire. PatchnRide
https://patchnride.com/
https://patchnride.com/
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I came across this while browsing around the interwebs. On it's face it seems like a good idea but I don't see how it could work on clincher tires since it would have to patch the tube. Also many times the sourse of the flat is not so easy to locate without removing the tire. PatchnRide
https://patchnride.com/
https://patchnride.com/
Dan
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The linked website is garbage, forcing viewers to watch a video to find out what the product is. I wanted to click out after 10 seconds.
I watched the whole video and still don't understand what the product actually does.
Changing a tube is not "self punishment" but very simple and "shelling out big dollars for tires" is required when the tire is ripped apart like in the video, unless you want to crash.
Road bikes, cruiser bikes, mountain bikes, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp and grits...
Not going to pre order a product when the manufacturer doesn't say how it works.
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I watched the whole video and still don't understand what the product actually does.
Changing a tube is not "self punishment" but very simple and "shelling out big dollars for tires" is required when the tire is ripped apart like in the video, unless you want to crash.
Road bikes, cruiser bikes, mountain bikes, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp and grits...
Not going to pre order a product when the manufacturer doesn't say how it works.
-Tim-
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Right because I always drag my roll around into the driveway to perform a single tool (1 tire lever) operation.
I suspect that thing is a) for tubeless and b) about 10 times as big as a dynaplug micro pro.
I suspect that thing is a) for tubeless and b) about 10 times as big as a dynaplug micro pro.
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nice how he tosses the nail for the next rider
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I want a Serotta to ride on the sidewalk, too.
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I agree the video is a waste and I still don't see how it would patch a clincher. I'll pass. I didn't even see how much they're charging to the thing.
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You can pre-order for $35, which gets you "two patch pods and two leak detectors." Not sure how many flats that fixes, but if it's two it sure as hell isn't less expensive than the tubes they were ragging on.
edit: patch pods are single use.
Lol.
edit: patch pods are single use.
Lol.
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I'm almost never fortunate enough to know what caused my flat, road or mountain bike, and a 17+ buck one time use?
Pass.
Pass.
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These products are almost always created by non-cyclists. They may make great sense to someone that thinks bicycle flats are taken in to the shop to be fixed. But this product at lease... doesn't have a practical use.
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Anyone that spends money on that deserves to be deprived of their money.
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Does anyone else feel like the title of this thread is bait?
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It's a good potential solution for tubulars, maybe for tubeless, and going to really marginal for clinchers. Also, maybe useful for hub motor ebikes, where removing the wheel is a pain.
The problem is that you have to get the needle inside a flat innertube without punching through the opposite side, or having the tube pull away. With a clincher it's going to work like 30% of the time.
The problem is that you have to get the needle inside a flat innertube without punching through the opposite side, or having the tube pull away. With a clincher it's going to work like 30% of the time.
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I was impressed -- by how he could wack a screw through the tire with a hammer and have it not go through the rim as well.
#23
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If only someone would come up with tires that don't require any air so that flats were not possible...
Even though the idea keeps coming up and failing, I'm sure these guys got it right. They're not on the market yet, but they soon will be!
Even though the idea keeps coming up and failing, I'm sure these guys got it right. They're not on the market yet, but they soon will be!
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I usually not frustrayed with a flat. I take my time, enjoy the break, look at the scenery. Also normally I patch rather than use new tube.
Had a few tires that I had to replace but my new favorite tire is more punctyre resistant, just as fast as GP4K and $36 for pair shipped.
Had a few tires that I had to replace but my new favorite tire is more punctyre resistant, just as fast as GP4K and $36 for pair shipped.