On the go repair of tire flats
08-25-21, 07:03 AM
#26
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Plan A: Replace the tube with the spare that I carry in the saddle bag
Plab B: Patch the hole with Park glueless patches, if I can find the hole (potential issue with limited CO2)
Plan C: Hope I have cell service to call the wife
I used to carry a mini pump... until I actually had to use it. After about half a million pumps (actual number, no hyperbole here!), the thing bent the valve on the new tube I had just installed. Now I carry CO2, which has its own drawbacks - limited supply (a problem with a double flat or stupidly pinch the tube when installing), expensive.
Plab B: Patch the hole with Park glueless patches, if I can find the hole (potential issue with limited CO2)
Plan C: Hope I have cell service to call the wife
I used to carry a mini pump... until I actually had to use it. After about half a million pumps (actual number, no hyperbole here!), the thing bent the valve on the new tube I had just installed. Now I carry CO2, which has its own drawbacks - limited supply (a problem with a double flat or stupidly pinch the tube when installing), expensive.
08-25-21, 12:50 PM
#27
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I have to throw a Schrader adapter in my tool kit. I had a flat earlier this year in front of a house and the guy offered an air compressor to pump it up but with the presta and no adapter I was stuck using my little hand pump.
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08-25-21, 02:11 PM
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Self adhesive patches are crap. Absolute garbage. I have experienced about a 75% failure rate with them.
Rema Tip Top are the way to go. Keep a small number of known good (including previously patched punctured tubes) for on-the road repairs, and patch the newly damaged ones when you get home.
I have only ever had one separate glue-and-patch repair jobs fail and it was a cheapo patch kit and not a Rema.
Rema Tip Top are the way to go. Keep a small number of known good (including previously patched punctured tubes) for on-the road repairs, and patch the newly damaged ones when you get home.
I have only ever had one separate glue-and-patch repair jobs fail and it was a cheapo patch kit and not a Rema.
08-27-21, 12:47 PM
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Pump (Road Morph G), 2 tubes, patch kit (Rema), and a spare tire. The real point of the spare tire is that I don't have to look for the object in the tire which caused the flat, which is the major loss of time involved in fixing a flat. The teensy amount of time lost due to the 220g tire is more than made up for by the time saving in flat fixing, should that happen of course. Thus my rig is set up around the idea of riding long distances.
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08-30-21, 11:22 AM
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UH I hoped for more people pushing towards Co2 LOL
I really dont like carrying a bunch of stuff on me when I ride, especially a pump. But I can foresee that having 2 tubes and a pump, and Im basically set for anything other than a complete tire tear through. That Road Morph G pump from Carbonfiberboy looks compact and not too pricey.
I really dont like carrying a bunch of stuff on me when I ride, especially a pump. But I can foresee that having 2 tubes and a pump, and Im basically set for anything other than a complete tire tear through. That Road Morph G pump from Carbonfiberboy looks compact and not too pricey.
08-30-21, 11:41 AM
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