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David L. Johnson
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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.
--
David L. Johnson
__o | Deserves death! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve
_`\(,_ | death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to
(_)/ (_) | them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.
-- J. R. R. Tolkein
> 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.
--
David L. Johnson
__o | Deserves death! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve
_`\(,_ | death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to
(_)/ (_) | them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.
-- J. R. R. Tolkein