Repairing flats along the way

[timpel_800]

Hi guys

Just a random question. Don't know if this is the right forum to post in, but i think you're the right ones to ask.

I had a wobble i'm my rear rim, so i took the wheel of and brought it to the shop on monday. Okay, no problem, be ready on wednesday. But no call, so I called them today (thursday) and asked if it was ready. "oh no he did not have a look to it yet".
Well bugger me. Hopefully it will be ready tomorrow otherwise i will be really pissed off. Anyway, so far for today's frustration.

It kinda anoyes me that i don't have the tools and knowlegde to repair a flat while i'm on the road. I just have a tube in my wheel, so i have to take the tyre of to repair it.
Does anyone have a tip, for a tool set to take along on trips, or how to repair a flat.

Otherwise i have to call the AA again, and i don't think they gonna pick me up on the top of the murdersrock. Like they did in Amsterdam once

[Spuds1234]

I dont have any advice im afraid, but I must say that Im loving the picture.

[CookMySock]

Bike tyres can be fitted tubeless ay ? If so, don't use a tube. If you do, your tyre will go flat real fast when you have a puncture.

If you get it fitted tubeless, and a nail etc gets in it it will go down, but slowly, so you can blow it up and continue on your way.

Consider also, the "safety seal" tyre repair stuff - you blow the tyre up hard, then route out the hole a bit, then use a tool to force a sticky string thingy into the hole and slice the excess off with a razor blade. Works real good. You need air though. Won't work on tubes.

http://images.google.co.nz/images?q=...seal%22+repair

HTH,
DB

[JATZ]

get y'self a couple of tyre levers from any bike shop, a small! bottle of dishwashing liquid and a puncture repair kit.Dont forget the right sized spanners to get the wheel off.
try it at home where you can have a lie down if it gets too much, theyre not too hard to do, can be a bit frustrating till you get the hang of it

[Disco Dan]

Get yourself one of these:

http://www.genuineinnovations.com/default.aspx

I have used this several times on the side of the road and it has proven to be lifesaving!!

Those tiny CO2 bottles it comes with is enough to inflate your tires!

I have a 180 tire and just one of them is enough air to ride to the nearest gas station on, while two is enough to continue on riding...

Oh and unlike other products I have seen - you DONT have to get it pulled and re-plugged by the tire shop! Once you have fixed it that is it- it's fixed.

They whole kit is small enough to fit under the seat of almost all sportsbikes too.

[Transalper]

Bike tyres can be fitted tubeless ay ? If so, don't use a tube....

Generally most adventure bikes and trail bikes have to use tubes. The spokes tend to let the air out otherwise.
There are a heap of posts here on fixing flats, it's not hard to do once you've learned and done a couple.
For that specific job I carry a spare tube, some patches incase the tube isn't enough (more than one flat), two tyre leavers, a hand pump and the spanners needed to get both wheels off.
Other handy stuff is soapy solution or something like WD40 to make life easier.

[tri boy]

Check out www.advrider.com and search for threads explaining puncture repairs.
Heaps of good info. Practice on push bikes, wheel barrows etc until you have the hang of it.
All m/cyclist's should be able to fix a simple puncture. MHO

[Motu]

Neduro's tyre changing thread is the best...it's all there.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...hanging+thread

[Crisis management]

All m/cyclist's should be able to fix a simple puncture. MHO

How come you all stood around watching me then?

I hear you may have had some practice later mind!

[tri boy]

I was too busy bashing my hand, instead of peening over the joining link.

[trustme]

Crisis
It was poetry in motion & such a beautiful thing to watch, we didnt have the temerity to interfere with the workings of a true artiste.

[Crisis management]

Crisis
It was poetry in motion & such a beautiful thing to watch, we didnt have the temerity to interfere with the workings of a true artiste.

Grovelling will get you nowhere, you can do the next one.

Triboy, you're right, I forgot the valiant efforts to rearrange most of the rear suspension!

[trustme]

Okey Dokey

[cooneyr]

Like Transalper said - levers, spanners, tube, patches and a hand pump. You want your gear to be reliable and you dont want to be running out of CO2 in the back country with a half inflated tyre. The best thing to do though is get lots of practice - dont use the shop You are much better to practice at home and figure things out than try and do it for the first time on the side of a gravel road.

Cheers R

[Padmei]

Neduro's tyre changing thread is the best...it's all there.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...hanging+thread

Really good thread that. Very easy to follow. We'll see if it is as easy at home on the first one.