Emergency tire boot ideas

Spongebob

"Michael Press" <michaelpressNOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Got my first flat today in over 5 years (don't actually
> remember the last flat I got on the road, might even be 10
> years). That ends my streak of 10 or 15,000 miles without
> a flat on the road.

Five years without a flat tire??? You must lead a charmed
life! Butfor an emergency boot, carry a section from a worn
out lightweight tire, preferably a tubular, rather than a
clincher tire. An emergency boot can be a folded dollar
bill, or almost any non-stretchable material.

Clarke-- Clarke and Leslie Stanley San Luis Obispo,
California

Bruce Graham

In article <10emrbs3r4jfg25@corp.supernews.com>,
stanley5@charter.net says...
> "Michael Press" <michaelpressNOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:fcdle0lamm4mqvjuq6754dln0uqjjp8944@4ax.com...
> >
> > Got my first flat today in over 5 years (don't actually
> > remember the last flat I got on the road, might even be
> > 10 years). That ends my streak of 10 or 15,000 miles
> > without a flat on the road.
>
> Five years without a flat tire??? You must lead a charmed
> life! Butfor an emergency boot, carry a section from a
> worn out lightweight tire, preferably a tubular, rather
> than a clincher tire. An emergency boot can be a folded
> dollar bill, or almost any non-stretchable material.
>
currency makes an even better emergency boot when it is
plastic like in Australia.

Mike Jacoubowsk

For tire boot material-

If you're not carrying anything with you (no powerbar
wrappers, no dollar bills, etc), then

#1: Handlebar tape. Just remove a section (this assumes
# you're on a road
bike) from your bars.

#2: The box the tube came in. This came in handy for me
# once; I had to
ride out a flat at high speed on a twisty descent, and by
the time I was able to stop, the sidewall was shredded in
quite a few places. I probably tore the box up into 20
pieces in order to plug the holes enough to get home.

To prepare ahead of time-

Slap a piece of duct tape underneath your saddle. It will
stay there nicely for a long time.

Keep your tube in its cardboard box, in case you run into a
problem where you need a *lot* of boot material! Just keep
in mind that you can't boot a large area with something as
insubstantial as cardboard.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

Rick Onanian

On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 10:32:03 -0400, Michael Press
<michaelpressNOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I was wondering what else I could have used as an emergency
>tire boot.

Nearly any roofing company, or roofing supplier, will have
scraps of EPDM and/or other rubber/plastic sheet roofing
materials, or "ice and water shield" which is an adhesive-
backed rubber/asphalt sheet product that should work well
(mostly available with sand on the non-adhesive side, which
is no good, but the smooth ones are fine). I gave my .060
EPDM boot material to a rider last night who rode 35 miles
on it without any problem.

I must remember to replace that in my patch kit.
--
Rick Onanian

David L. Johnso

On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 10:32:03 -0400, Michael Press wrote:

> I'll definitely buy a real tire boot tonight when I get a
> replacement tire, but I was wondering what else I could
> have used as an emergency tire boot.

Dollar bill works fairly well.

> I'm curious what creative solutions people have come up
> with in the past. I might actually need to use one of
> these ideas on my ride home tonight.

I carry a piece of an old tire casing. I happen to have a
couple of old tubular racing tires, which have very strong
silk casing, but any thin enough tire casing will be OK.
Just get enough to cover any possible hole. My piece is
about 5cm square.

> This is a Continental Sport 1000 700x23c tire with about
> half its tread life left, though of course it's trash as
> soon as I get home.

Of course it's a Continental.

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Patrick Lamb

On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 15:37:40 +0000, Ken <nospam@spam.no> wrote:

>Michael Press <michaelpressNOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in
>news:fcdle0lamm4mqvjuq6754dln0uqjjp8944@4ax.com:
>> I'm curious what creative solutions people have come up
>> with in the past. I might actually need to use one of
>> these ideas on my ride home tonight. This is a
>> Continental Sport 1000 700x23c tire with about half its
>> tread life left, though of course it's trash as soon as I
>> get home.
>
>Dollar bills work well, especially when crisp. Also, mylar
>wrappers from energy bars work well (eat the bar first).

I'd have thought a Powerbar would double as adhesive!

Pat

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On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 17:35:00 +1000, Bruce Graham
<jbgraham@nowhere.com.au> wrote:

>>
>currency makes an even better emergency boot when it is
>plastic like in Australia.
>

It costs ya though. The smallest Australian bill is a *five*
dollar note.

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Michael Press <michaelpressNOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:> I rode through some finely ground glass on a fast downhill. After
> carefully inspecting the tire, changing the tube and
> pumping up the new tube I noticed that the tire sidewall
> had been slashed (it closed up when the tube was
> uninflated so I didn't notice it on my inspection). I
> didn't have a tire boot, so I used a Park glueless patch.
> It held enough to get me the last 5 miles to work.
>

>
> I'm curious what creative solutions people have come up
> with in the past. I might actually need to use one of
> these ideas on my ride home tonight. This is a Continental
> Sport 1000 700x23c tire with about half its tread life
> left, though of course it's trash as soon as I get home.
>
> Thanks, Michael

One more suggestion. If your also run on occasion, the
race numbers are usually made of a parchment-like (or
Tyvek) material. A folded piece makes a good boot. In any
case, no need to buy a boot with all of the suggestions in
this thread.

Leland Yee