Puncture repairs - does anyone care?

thirdcrank · Post by **thirdcrank** » 30 Jan 2007, 5:00pm

The link to this forum is for anything anybody wants to raise about the newsletter. I respect your opinion that my comment is not valid but I am confident that it is. Incidentally, the point I would have made was that a careful viewing by the editor might have saved us from viewing something quite useless.

Post by **Mick F** » 1 Feb 2007, 2:20pm

Just fixed my long-standing very slow puncture.

I never found the leak, my tyres are inflated to 110psi, difficult to find with the tube out!

I replaced the tube.

"Do the math!" as our transatlantic cousins would say. (Euch)

Puncture outfit £2 ish
Time to fix @ National Minimum Wage (half an hour) £3 ish
Plus: the mess, the bowls of water, arguments about the cleaning of the kitchen, glue on the table etc etc etc. Then the worry if you've fixed it or not ....

Alternative: a new tube at £2.99

Job done. 10 minutes. It took me longer to type this up!

Mick F. Cornwall

David · Post by **David** » 1 Feb 2007, 3:32pm

101 uses for an old inner tube :-

1) Carry it with you in case you get a faster puncture in your new tube
2) Cut it up into various widths of elastic band

Suddenly visions of ruber fetish magazines appear and I think it's time to stop :oops:

thirdcrank · Post by **thirdcrank** » 1 Feb 2007, 4:11pm

What looks like a good bit of advice in the new CTC mag for getting the tyre down into the rim well and keeping it there: tie it down with string. Although this was aimed at Marathon +'s it ought to help with anything. First, it is cheap; even skinflints like me have string. Secondly, it tackles the problem, logically rather than trying to fight the tyre. When I read this I thought, no string out on the road? Use a toe strap. Then I thought.....

Penfold · Post by **Penfold** » 1 Feb 2007, 10:26pm

Simon L6 wrote:
reohn2 wrote:Just a couple of points raised;-
1)Tubes sticking themselves to the inside of tyres.
I find a liberal coating of talc inside the tyre when putting it on new solves this problem.
2)On getting hands dirty when carrying out repairs at the roadside
A film cannister(if you've not got one ask at Max Spielman) filled with Swarfega or similar gets hands spotless washed off with water from your bottle.
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1. why not buy pre-talced tubes?
2. wear your grime with pride!

Top Tip
Why not just bung a pair of those latex gloves (like Dr's wear) in your saddle bag. That way you can mess about with the bike and still have nice clean hands. A box full from Boots is only a fiver.

David · Post by **David** » 2 Feb 2007, 12:15pm

I also carry a few of those moist wipes stuffed into a film cartridge for cleaning up. Great for the bike and your hands, most of them do a good job of removing oil stains. You can get a big unbranded pot from Superdrug etc.

thirdcrank · Post by **thirdcrank** » 2 Feb 2007, 7:03pm

horizon wrote:And BTW, I wish I could start a thread, get 15 replies and still describe it as "some" interest!

Not for the first time I say, I do not measure success by how much steam is raised but how far I move the train. This is one where I was out of step.

horizon · Post by **horizon** » 5 Feb 2007, 1:18am

It's 36 now, with 725 views!