Flat tyre -- need it fixed tomorrow so I can get to work!

[xwhatsit]

Hi guys,

Somehow when I went to leave work tonight the arse end of my bike was wobbling about all over the place. Must've picked up a flat on the way there and it pissed all the air out while it was sitting on the stand.

Managed to get home in one piece by stopping at all the petrol stations on the way. Motorway was fun. Looks like it's come off the bead in one place.

So this is particularly convenient, as I need to get to work tomorrow as well (and do some running around because of Summer School) -- and isn't it a public holiday tomorrow?

Anywhere people know would be open? It's a tubed tyre so I can't just bung some glue in it or anything.

Not stoked with this BT45 on the rear. The front BT45 is great, but on the arse it's been particularly unlikeable. My Roadrunners never got a flat either.

[tri boy]

Can you fix it?
Yes you can.:yes:

[xwhatsit]

Can you fix it?
Yes you can.:yes:
No levers, no nothing (not even the confidence to have a crack :laugh:)! It's not like I can nip down the road and buy some, either.

[Madness]

No levers, no nothing (not even the confidence to have a crack :laugh:)! It's not like I can nip down the road and buy some, either.

I have nothing to offer other than transportation. Sing out if I can help.

It looked fine from where I'm sitting when you went past tonight btw.

[Squiggles]

Wanna play? I have levers etc and a couple of spare tubes and patches :D

[xwhatsit]

I have nothing to offer other than transportation. Sing out if I can help.

It looked fine from where I'm sitting when you went past tonight btw.
Cheers mate. Yeah I stuck 40psi in it at the GAS a few hundred metres from your house. Still handled like a wet sausage though, maybe because it's broken the bead.

[xwhatsit]

Wanna play? I have levers etc and a couple of spare tubes and patches :D
Oooh ooh ooh! If there is nowhere open tomorrow, do you feel like taking a trip to Mangere Bridge?

There's cold beer in the fridge.

[Squiggles]

Oooh ooh ooh! If there is nowhere open tomorrow, do you feel like taking a trip to Mangere Bridge?

There's cold beer in the fridge.

I might feel like a trip :msn-wink:

[xwhatsit]

I might feel like a trip :msn-wink:
I'll flick you a txt with my address. When's a good time for you? I work in the evenings -- if you're free around midday (or earlier if your one of those sort of people) that would be peachy.

Thank-you, thank-you very much Mr President! :D

[Big Dave]

tube |t(y)oōb|
noun
1 a long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc., for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases.
• the inner tube of a bicycle tire.
• material in such a cylindrical form; tubing : the firm manufactures steel tube for a wide variety of applications.
2 a thing in the form of or resembling such a cylinder, in particular
• a flexible metal or plastic container sealed at one end and having a screw cap at the other, for holding a semiliquid substance ready for use : a tube of toothpaste.
• a rigid cylindrical container : a tube of lipstick.
• [usu. with adj. ] Anatomy, Zoology,, & Botany a hollow cylindrical organ or structure in an animal body or in a plant (e.g., a Eustachian tube, a sieve tube).
• ( tubes) informal a woman's fallopian tubes.
• a woman's close-fitting garment, typically without darts or other tailoring and made from a single piece of knitted or elasticized fabric : [as adj. ] stretchy tube skirts.
• (in surfing) the hollow curve under the crest of a breaking wave.
3 ( the tube) Brit., informal the subway system in London.
• a train running on this system : I caught the tube home.
4 a sealed container, typically of glass and either evacuated or filled with gas, containing two electrodes between which an electric current can be made to flow.
• a cathode-ray tube, esp. in a television set.
• ( the tube) informal television : another wasted evening, sitting in front of the tube.
• a vacuum tube.
verb [ trans. ] [usu. as adj. ] ( tubed)
provide with a tube or tubes : [in combination ] a giant eight-tubed hookah.
PHRASES
go down the tubes (or tube) informal be completely lost or wasted; fail utterly : we watched his political career go down the tubes.
DERIVATIVES
tubeless adjective
tubelike |-ˌlīk| adjective
ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French tube or Latin tubus.

Thesaurus
tube
noun
the fluid travels through the tube cylinder, pipe, piping, conduit, line, flue, hose, cannula, catheter, siphon, pipette, funnel, duct, pipeline, drain.


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spare |spe(ə)r|
adjective
1 additional to what is required for ordinary use : few people had spare cash for inessentials.
• not currently in use or occupied : the spare bedroom.
2 with no excess fat; thin : a spare, bearded figure. See note at thin .
• elegantly simple : her clothes are smart and spare in style.
• meager; nearly inadequate : the furnishings were spare and unadorned.
noun
1 an item kept in case another item of the same type is lost, broken, or worn out.
• a spare tire : make sure there are no problems with any of the tires, including the spare.
2 (in tenpin bowling) an act of knocking down all the pins with two consecutive rolls of the ball.
verb
1 [with two objs. ] give (something of which one has enough) to (someone); afford to give to : she asked if I could spare her a dollar or two.
• make free or available : I'm sure you can spare me a moment.
• [ intrans. ] archaic be frugal : but some will spend, and some will spare.
2 [ trans. ] refrain from killing, injuring, or distressing : there was no way the men would spare her.
• [with two objs. ] refrain from inflicting (something) on (someone) : the country had until now been spared the violence occurring elsewhere.
• ( spare oneself) [with negative ] try to ensure or satisfy one's own comfort or needs : in her concern to help others, she has never spared herself.
PHRASES
go spare Brit., informal 1 become extremely angry or distraught : he'd go spare if he lost the money. 2 be unwanted or not needed and therefore available for use : I didn't have much money going spare.
spare no expense (or no expense spared) be prepared to pay any amount (used to indicate the importance of achieving something).
spare the rod and spoil the child see rod .
spare a thought for chiefly Brit. remember : spare a thought for our volunteer group at Christmas.
to spare left over : that turkey will feed ten people with some to spare.
DERIVATIVES
sparely adverb
spareness noun
sparer noun ( rare).
ORIGIN Old English spær [not plentiful, meager,] sparian [refrain from injuring,] [refrain from using,] of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German sparen ‘to spare.’

Thesaurus
spare
adjective
1 a spare set of keys extra, supplementary, additional, second, other, alternative, alternate; emergency, reserve, backup, relief, fallback, substitute; fresh.
2 they sold off the spare land surplus, superfluous, excessive, extra; redundant, unnecessary, inessential, unessential, unneeded, uncalled for, dispensable, disposable, expendable, unwanted; informal going begging.
3 your spare time free, leisure, own.
4 a man of spare build See thin adjective sense 3. See also note at thin .
verb
1 sorry, I can't spare a quarter afford, do without, manage without, dispense with, part with, give, provide.
2 their captors eventually spared them pardon, let off, forgive, reprieve, release, free; leave uninjured, leave unhurt; be merciful to, show mercy to, have mercy on, be lenient to, have pity on.

[Squiggles]

I'll flick you a txt with my address. When's a good time for you? I work in the evenings -- if you're free around midday (or earlier if your one of those sort of people) that would be peachy.

Thank-you, thank-you very much Mr President! :D

Given that we just sent our students home and i've put in my time sheet for the week (thinking nobody works tomorrow), anytime suits :rockon:

[xwhatsit]

tube |t(y)oōb|
noun
1 a long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc., for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases.
• the inner tube of a bicycle tire.
• material in such a cylindrical form; tubing : the firm manufactures steel tube for a wide variety of applications.
2 a thing in the form of or resembling such a cylinder, in particular
• a flexible metal or plastic container sealed at one end and having a screw cap at the other, for holding a semiliquid substance ready for use : a tube of toothpaste.
• a rigid cylindrical container : a tube of lipstick.
• [usu. with adj. ] Anatomy, Zoology,, & Botany a hollow cylindrical organ or structure in an animal body or in a plant (e.g., a Eustachian tube, a sieve tube).
• ( tubes) informal a woman's fallopian tubes.
• a woman's close-fitting garment, typically without darts or other tailoring and made from a single piece of knitted or elasticized fabric : [as adj. ] stretchy tube skirts.
• (in surfing) the hollow curve under the crest of a breaking wave.
3 ( the tube) Brit., informal the subway system in London.
• a train running on this system : I caught the tube home.
4 a sealed container, typically of glass and either evacuated or filled with gas, containing two electrodes between which an electric current can be made to flow.
• a cathode-ray tube, esp. in a television set.
• ( the tube) informal television : another wasted evening, sitting in front of the tube.
• a vacuum tube.
verb [ trans. ] [usu. as adj. ] ( tubed)
provide with a tube or tubes : [in combination ] a giant eight-tubed hookah.
PHRASES
go down the tubes (or tube) informal be completely lost or wasted; fail utterly : we watched his political career go down the tubes.
DERIVATIVES
tubeless adjective
tubelike |-ˌlīk| adjective
ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French tube or Latin tubus.

Thesaurus
tube
noun
the fluid travels through the tube cylinder, pipe, piping, conduit, line, flue, hose, cannula, catheter, siphon, pipette, funnel, duct, pipeline, drain.


------------------------


spare |spe(ə)r|
adjective
1 additional to what is required for ordinary use : few people had spare cash for inessentials.
• not currently in use or occupied : the spare bedroom.
2 with no excess fat; thin : a spare, bearded figure. See note at thin .
• elegantly simple : her clothes are smart and spare in style.
• meager; nearly inadequate : the furnishings were spare and unadorned.
noun
1 an item kept in case another item of the same type is lost, broken, or worn out.
• a spare tire : make sure there are no problems with any of the tires, including the spare.
2 (in tenpin bowling) an act of knocking down all the pins with two consecutive rolls of the ball.
verb
1 [with two objs. ] give (something of which one has enough) to (someone); afford to give to : she asked if I could spare her a dollar or two.
• make free or available : I'm sure you can spare me a moment.
• [ intrans. ] archaic be frugal : but some will spend, and some will spare.
2 [ trans. ] refrain from killing, injuring, or distressing : there was no way the men would spare her.
• [with two objs. ] refrain from inflicting (something) on (someone) : the country had until now been spared the violence occurring elsewhere.
• ( spare oneself) [with negative ] try to ensure or satisfy one's own comfort or needs : in her concern to help others, she has never spared herself.
PHRASES
go spare Brit., informal 1 become extremely angry or distraught : he'd go spare if he lost the money. 2 be unwanted or not needed and therefore available for use : I didn't have much money going spare.
spare no expense (or no expense spared) be prepared to pay any amount (used to indicate the importance of achieving something).
spare the rod and spoil the child see rod .
spare a thought for chiefly Brit. remember : spare a thought for our volunteer group at Christmas.
to spare left over : that turkey will feed ten people with some to spare.
DERIVATIVES
sparely adverb
spareness noun
sparer noun ( rare).
ORIGIN Old English spær [not plentiful, meager,] sparian [refrain from injuring,] [refrain from using,] of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German sparen ‘to spare.’

Thesaurus
spare
adjective
1 a spare set of keys extra, supplementary, additional, second, other, alternative, alternate; emergency, reserve, backup, relief, fallback, substitute; fresh.
2 they sold off the spare land surplus, superfluous, excessive, extra; redundant, unnecessary, inessential, unessential, unneeded, uncalled for, dispensable, disposable, expendable, unwanted; informal going begging.
3 your spare time free, leisure, own.
4 a man of spare build See thin adjective sense 3. See also note at thin .
verb
1 sorry, I can't spare a quarter afford, do without, manage without, dispense with, part with, give, provide.
2 their captors eventually spared them pardon, let off, forgive, reprieve, release, free; leave uninjured, leave unhurt; be merciful to, show mercy to, have mercy on, be lenient to, have pity on.
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[xwhatsit]

So naturally as Big Dave guessed, I wasn't smart enough to buy a spare 18" tube.

However Mr Squiggles reckons if we fail at patching, he has a 17" tube (also a 21"). I've heard of adventure bikers carrying a single inbetween sized tube and using it for both the front and rear -- so would a 17" tube work? Or is that just asking for trouble?

[The Pastor]

So naturally as Big Dave guessed, I wasn't smart enough to buy a spare 18" tube.

However Mr Squiggles reckons if we fail at patching, he has a 17" tube (also a 21"). I've heard of adventure bikers carrying a single inbetween sized tube and using it for both the front and rear -- so would a 17" tube work? Or is that just asking for trouble?
there is only one way to find out!

[Squiggles]

there is only one way to find out!

Secretly he wants to ride my awesome GN to work and back... i know it.

[The Pastor]

Secretly he wants to ride my awesome GN to work and back... i know it.
ive got half a bottle of nitro to make the trip more fun?

[xwhatsit]

ive got half a bottle of nitro to make the trip more fun?
Instead of that, how about half a drum of engine oil? It'll need that just to get to Parnell.

EDIT: Anybody know about this tube business? Or would I be better off stuffing the 21" in there?

[HungusMaximist]

Not really helpful, however I can offer you to ride my blade as I am off tomorrow. Bit of a beast around town though...

[xwhatsit]

Not really helpful, however I can offer you to ride my blade as I am off tomorrow. Bit of a beast around town though...
Thanks for the offer -- have to say, the GN250 is more tempting though. Never liked Hondas all that much :dodge:

Seriously though I already feel guilty enough borrowing people's bikes, let alone a befairinged thousand-cc shiny modern monster!

[quickbuck]

ive got half a bottle of nitro to make the trip more fun?

And less painful if inhaled....

[xwhatsit]

Well -- many thanks to Squiqqles and his shiny tyre levers -- tube patched, tyre refitted, seems to be holding air! We'll have to see over a couple of days though lol.

Getting the tyre to bead was the biggest hassle (no suprises there from getting Cycletreads and Co. to fit my tyres before). Must've inflated and deflated the thing at least a dozen times and no joy. So, deciding we needed more lube, we left the tyre in the shop of the petrol station and went the 2km home to pick up some dishwashing liquid (Wyndex seemingly not cutting the mustard). I realised halfway on the way back that the tyre was sitting there at about 90psi in the guys shop. When we got back and got the tyre back, we noticed that the tyre had magically beaded itself. Hope there wasn't a loud bang -- the attendant just silently glared at me :lol:

Cheers Squiggles! Time to get a spare tube and invest in some levers. Didn't turn out to be as difficult as I'd been lead to believe.

[xwhatsit]

Well, it lasted two weeks -- tonight she's gorn orf. Oh well, tomorrow's not a public holiday!

Be interesting to see if it's the patch or a new puncture. Hope I haven't got problems with the spokes.