Puncture repair... road side

[RedRider]

A lesson from the weekend. That piece of flint caused me three Punctures i checked the tyre after each, i only found it once the broom wagon had collected me from the roadside and i was at home with my glasses on View attachment 87982

Definitely the worst part of any roadside repair's when you can't find the culprit!

 

[slowmotion]

My only advice is to get all three tyre levers under the bead before levering them down to hook on the spokes. If you lever one down and then try and get the neighbouring one under the bead, you often won't have enough slack to push it in.

 

[outlash]

Much of the above describes the racing orthodoxy. Slow Bikers tend to favour the Dutch-style repair, like this video except I use ready-adhesive patches:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz33ozlTvdo

He's making an awful meal of that, and who carries a track pump on a ride?

Tony.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

A lesson from the weekend. That piece of flint caused me three Punctures i checked the tyre after each, i only found it once the broom wagon had collected me from the roadside and i was at home with my glasses on View attachment 87982

Which reminds me:

Rule no 11: Always carry glasses that allows you to see. No use having fancy expensive Oakleys if you can't see a piece of flint.

 

[Cuchilo]

I must have at least ten tubes that are all ready to be repaired in the comfort of home but I just cant be bothered to do it .

 

[screenman]

I use my old tube for swimming exercises. Well at least I have just remembered why I kept them.

 

[Cuchilo]

I use my old tube for swimming exercises. Well at least I have just remembered why I kept them.

Why don't you just get yourself some of these ....

 

[Okeydokey]

Great stuff! thanks everyone. Levers (blue ones, I will find them), small pump (ordered a rocket pump) and self sticky patches, Skabs I guess?. All sounds plausible. Glad no one said, get the latest CO2 thingymabob, with laser hyperdrive technology, interfaced with the cloud synaptic carbo wotsitma-called!

 

[vickster]

Practice using the mini pump in the comfort of your own home, I have never managed to get air into my tyres with one of those ones. Get lezyne self adhesive patches

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

If it's dry and warm and I fancy giving my legs a rest, then I'll go for the full repair kit option if possible. @Yellow Saddle 's covered that well, though I'm a one spare tube rider and, touch wood, it's never let me down..... A bus shelter might convince me to go for the repair in default British weather. Otherwise, it's swap for a new tube and repair a batch in front of the TV. There are a lot of slack moments if you are watching a stage race. Ideal time to get glue sniffing.

 

[Cuchilo]

CO2 thingy mabob is very quick and very easy to use .

 

[screenman]

All my bikes carry a CO2 pump, why would you not?

C, actually we use them to tie our feet together when swimming, nothing like making life hard for yourself.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Practice using the mini pump in the comfort of your own home, I have never managed to get air into my tyres with one of those ones. Get lezyne self adhesive patches

+1 to Lezyne patches, v good, skabs are decent enough too.

Obvious question (sorry), you have got the pump nozzle set up for the right valve type? My pocket rocket is dead easy to fit, lock and pump with.

 

[mjr]

He's making an awful meal of that, and who carries a track pump on a ride?

I've been carrying a mini track pump on rides for ages but yes, he's not demonstrating speed of fix there!

When conditions are bad, I use a sealant canister. Aldi are selling one in their sale but I've not tried that one.

 

[vickster]

+1 to Lezyne patches, v good, skabs are decent enough too.

Obvious question (sorry), you have got the pump nozzle set up for the right valve type? My pocket rocket is dead easy to fit, lock and pump with.

Don't know, think it was faulty, probably not helped by being battered in the trunk bag. I now have a much prettier lezyne pump