Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Or mice?
Stuffing a tyre with grass.
- Thread starter palinurus
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The problem with using mice is that the squelching gets annoying after a while...
Maybe, the mud with the grass roots in it is a sort of composite material- might retain some structure.
Probably would ruin your bartape after stuffing the tyre with that.
Punkawallah
Über Member
Have had a (first hand) account of tying a knot in each end of an inner tube at the puncture, then inflating the tube. Reportedly better than walking it, but needed 'topping up'. On reflection, he reckoned would have been an idea to add something to fill the 'gap', and tone down the bump :-)
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
I did it once, I was 5 miles from home. Me and my mate stuffed my rear tyre with moss. It went well and would probably have lasted had I not gone down a steep hill at 20mph. The moss compacted itself into one area of the tyre (due to the speed) and I did the last 4 miles feeling like I had square wheels. So yes it can work if you take it really slow
Legomutton
Senior Member
craigwend
Grimpeur des terrains plats
Hamsters would be better as they enjoy spinning in a wheel...
And hence will aid propulsion, much like a motor would.
It is a sign of your genius that you saw the obvious solution everyone else missed.
Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
A few grass snakes would be better. They are sort of inner tube shaped and four or five knotted together should cover the circumference of the rim.
And no one would care when you got home and pulled a load of dead snakes from inside the tyre. Try that with hamsters and some whining busybody would be bound to call the police.
And no one would care when you got home and pulled a load of dead snakes from inside the tyre. Try that with hamsters and some whining busybody would be bound to call the police.
Fairly certain I once read of a tourist in Australia using a dead snake as an inner tube.
craigwend
Grimpeur des terrains plats
Even if you get the occasional dead hamster, bit of water, sugar, 20 minutes on a pan, instant dutch flower fertiliser
Or Tulips from Hamster Jam...
If I did I can't find any evidence online.
'That isn't an inner tube *grabs snake by the neck* - that's an inner tube'
