Take core out and clean, pipe cleaner down hole that core came out of and clean, reassemble and you are good to go. Riding around these parts is great if you do not use slime as you end up an expert puncture repairer. It also explains why I have given away about 20 tubes now to passers by on the Bardney summer route.
How do you get air out of a gummed up slime tube?
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Sara_H
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It's a Schroeder. They don't have a core do they?
Do you mean Schrader? if so the do indeed have a core.
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
I use combined dust cap/valve keys on my Schrader bikes.
Handy to get the air out of an ordinary punctured tube as well.
https://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/p...vat_inc=true&gclid=CKmYiO_H8c8CFQg6Gwod84QE9g
Handy to get the air out of an ordinary punctured tube as well.
https://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/p...vat_inc=true&gclid=CKmYiO_H8c8CFQg6Gwod84QE9g
Pale Rider
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And a pack of four goes a long way because I only fit one on each bike.
No flies on me.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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If you are scrapping the tube, why do you have to let it down?
(And anyway, if it is scrap, just cut it inside a polythene bag?)
(And anyway, if it is scrap, just cut it inside a polythene bag?)
It does hold air, so maybe not scrap yet. I think there might be a problem getting an inflated tube out of the tyre and into a bag, part from that I like your idea.
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
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See OP. Undo Schrader valve core: air hopefully comes out, or poke till it does. Replace. Bin.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I was going to suggest puncturing it with a pin, but there might be a subtle problem with that suggestion ... 
I was going to suggest puncturing it with a pin, but there might be a subtle problem with that suggestion ...
Have you been at the falling down juice
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
I was going to suggest puncturing it with a pin, but there might be a subtle problem with that suggestion ...
Speaking of your puncture expertise, didn't you have a little local difficulty when you had one on the York ride?
Or am I making that up?
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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I tell you what, that is an example of the worrying memory problems that I have these days ... I remember having a puncture but that's about it! I am now going to have to go back and read the ride report to remind myself what happened.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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Pale Rider
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Ah, yes ... the famous tube split under patch incident!
Aye, that was it.
I was sure the repair wasn't straightforward, but genuinely couldn't remember why.
Mind, the pair of us were a bit cream crackered at the time, having ridden 80+ miles through a couple of monsoons.
