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21-07.-2004, 11:29 PM
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Re: What a cool way to fix a puncture!
"Graeme" <graeme@gpdods.removethis.com> wrote in message news:Xns952D6054D9FCgraemegpdodsremoveth@203.2.194.51... > "hippy" <sbirnie@NOSPAMbigpond.com> wrote in news:cdimlc$bea$1 > @otis.netspace.net.au: > > > http://www.bluecollarmtb.com/how_to/fix_flat.htm > > I've not used that method but I have used one from (I think) William > Nealy's "Mountain Bike" where you put a small stick/twig over the hold > lengthways and then use it to twist the tube (like winding up a rubber band > powered plane). Then stick the twisted tube and the stick back into the > tyre and pump up gently. Or a variation on this - tie a tight knot in your tube at the location of the hole, then refit and inflate. Nevr tried it but allegedly works. Cheers Peter |
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22-07.-2004, 05:52 PM
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Re: What a cool way to fix a puncture!
"hippy" <sbirnie@NOSPAMbigpond.com> wrote in message news:<cdimlc$bea$1@otis.netspace.net.au>...
> http://www.bluecollarmtb.com/how_to/fix_flat.htm Sorry hippy this just doesn't work. Its a real urban bike myth. Perhaps it did on nice big puffy balloon tyres in the 1920's that only needed 20psi to stay on or so, but its damn near impossible to stuff a normal tyre so that it will stay on the rim. Trust me I've tried. I stuffed and I stuffed and I still buggered the tyre... I even stuffed, rode to compress, then stuffed, rode to compress, ect on and on... No joy. Failsafe way if you really _must_ ride home is take the bloody thing off and roll on the rim.. Ruins the rim and is almost as useless as the grass stuffing bollocks. Tom |
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22-07.-2004, 07:55 PM
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Re: What a cool way to fix a puncture!
"Tom Nicholson" <casurina99@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:43dd77a5.0407220052.16fb411@posting.google.com... > "hippy" <sbirnie@NOSPAMbigpond.com> wrote in message news:<cdimlc$bea$1@otis.netspace.net.au>... > > http://www.bluecollarmtb.com/how_to/fix_flat.htm > > Sorry hippy this just doesn't work. Its a real urban bike myth. > > Perhaps it did on nice big puffy balloon tyres in the 1920's that only > needed 20psi to stay on or so, but its damn near impossible to stuff a > normal tyre so that it will stay on the rim. Trust me I've tried. > > I stuffed and I stuffed and I still buggered the tyre... > > I even stuffed, rode to compress, then stuffed, rode to compress, ect > on and on... No joy. > > Failsafe way if you really _must_ ride home is take the bloody thing > off and roll on the rim.. Ruins the rim and is almost as useless as > the grass stuffing bollocks. > > Tom I've heard the same thing from other sources. It sounds good in theory but it doesn't work. Always carry spares. Marty |
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