Mobile tubeless repair options?
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Roseland triker
Cheese ..... It's all about the cheese
- Location
- By the sea
Obviously smoking is the answer
HarryTheDog
Guru
- Location
- Basildon Essex
I have found not all sealants are equal, I once tried a eco friendly non latex one and I might as well put water in. I use Stans race as it will fill bigger holes than normal stans due to the lumpy crystals in it.. The only problem being that you cant inject it through the valve body even with the cores removed. Then as backup I carry a stans
Stans No Tubes DART.
And if the shoot really hits the fan a inner tube and tyre boot patch.
Thought you might have been referring to the flint catchers.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
they are there to create a spark to light your fag
There are a number of options, depending on the severity of the puncture. For most punctures the sealant should do it's job, for slightly larger punctures (cuts up to say 5mm long) you can use tubeless plugs, they just push through the hole and provide something for the sealant to work with.
Anything larger than that and you're in the sort of territory where a tube would be rupturing through the tyre anyway and you'd need to replace the tyre. For this scenario you need to remove the tyre, and tubeless valve, clean the tyre where the rupture is and apply a tyre boot. Then fit an inner tube and proceed.
That should cover most situations, and handily you can carry all this in a small saddlebag.
Anything larger than that and you're in the sort of territory where a tube would be rupturing through the tyre anyway and you'd need to replace the tyre. For this scenario you need to remove the tyre, and tubeless valve, clean the tyre where the rupture is and apply a tyre boot. Then fit an inner tube and proceed.
That should cover most situations, and handily you can carry all this in a small saddlebag.
PaulSB
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Sealant will generally do it's job for you and when tyres need replacing you'll possibly be surprised by the number of seals you can see inside the tyre.
Carry a plug kit. I have the one pictured and have used it three times. It takes five minutes at most to plug a hole and inflate. The repair is permanent and mine stayed in place till the tyres needed replacing. Large holes or slashes can take larger plugs or two if needed. Whichever plug kit you chose get a metal one, you don't need a piece of plastic snapping on you.
I still carry a tube and tyre boot for major failures. I once hit a piece of glass which left a 1cm slash in the tyre wall. Wrestling the tyre off in heavy rain is a filthy, sticky and difficult task.
Carry a plug kit. I have the one pictured and have used it three times. It takes five minutes at most to plug a hole and inflate. The repair is permanent and mine stayed in place till the tyres needed replacing. Large holes or slashes can take larger plugs or two if needed. Whichever plug kit you chose get a metal one, you don't need a piece of plastic snapping on you.
I still carry a tube and tyre boot for major failures. I once hit a piece of glass which left a 1cm slash in the tyre wall. Wrestling the tyre off in heavy rain is a filthy, sticky and difficult task.
Roseland triker
Cheese ..... It's all about the cheese
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- By the sea
You can just chew em off easily enough.
livpoksoc
Guru
- Location
- Basingstoke
The cutting section of pliers would do it if you carry a pair, but you can just leave the plug out, it'll wear down eventually so long as it isn't smacking your frame.
I have personally struggled with plugs, but have now got a stans dart set for when I swap my tyres over and start using stan's sealant.
My current set up is using muc off sealant, which is fine for most knicks, but I have found it wanting with bigger cuts and have had to use a tube to get me home and then repair the tyre with a combo of plugs, patches, boots and super glue depending on the puncture/my patience.
PaulSB
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
The "tail" which protrudes from the tyre will disappear inside five minutes. I wouldn't bother to cut it off.
Sillyoldman
Veteran
Out of interest has anybody had experience of a plug and mudguards with tight clearance between the metal plates on the inner surface of the mudguard that carries the front fork bracket and the tyre surface. I wonder if this would catch the protruding plug and pull it out as the wheel rotates.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Another thing. Either carry a mini folding pair of pliers or make sure you don't overtighten the lock nut on the valve. I've read of someone who was unable to remove the valve to put a tube in because of that.
I use mudguards that are fairly close. I've only ever used a plug once. From memory it rubbed a bit, then after a while stopped rubbing (presumably as it got flattened down against the road)
cougie uk
Guru
Have you never been caught out yet ?
