I've often come across the tip of stuffing a tyre full of grass or other vegetation if unable to fix a puncture for whatever reason. I considered it once (but I wasn't far enough away to justify the effort), I even dished out this advice* on one occasion- an endurance cyclist got stuck somewhere and asked on Twitter (I can't remember what solution was used but they didn't do this)
I imagine you would need to stuff a lot in there to 'inflate' the tyre and it would get all mushed up pretty quickly.
(while writing this I ran a quick search and found a number of videos where this has been tried- will take a look later, and there are some older posts on here too- so I will be more specific)
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*OK- I did mitigate this advice quite heavily at the time!
First Tweeted 'Stuff the tyre with grass? (disclaimer: i've never actually tried this)
Followed up with 'A couple of minutes research suggests walking would be a better solution'
I imagine you would need to stuff a lot in there to 'inflate' the tyre and it would get all mushed up pretty quickly.
(while writing this I ran a quick search and found a number of videos where this has been tried- will take a look later, and there are some older posts on here too- so I will be more specific)
- Has anyone on here actually tried this?
- if so, how did it go
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*OK- I did mitigate this advice quite heavily at the time!
First Tweeted 'Stuff the tyre with grass? (disclaimer: i've never actually tried this)
Followed up with 'A couple of minutes research suggests walking would be a better solution'
