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How to put a tube in a used tubeless tire
The kind of puncture you describe seems to be limited to one kind of plant, that is not present everywhere (although small glass shards, and other plants might exhibit similar behaviours), and seems ...
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How to put a tube in a used tubeless tire
Yes, people say that it is possible to put in a tube to get you home, but that is in principle. In normal conditions where there is none or just a few sharp objects that needs to be cleared to be able ...
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Roadside Repair of torn sidewall
I have had to deal with this (Strava - you need to either be logged out or be following me). There's a photo of the damage but not the repair. I was 40km from home, and luckily with someone who ...
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What is the best old tube plus current tube or current tire plus old tire combination if I want to puncture proof my bike or can I use three of them?
Humans have very low power to weight ratio compared to cars. It might be possible to make a bike tire that is practically impervious to road hazards. However, it would be extremely slow, heavy, and ...
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Roadside Repair of torn sidewall
Not so much roadside, but trail side. When I tore my side wall, Luckly I'd not long seen some hack repair on YT, GMBN I think it was. Got hooked up on some trail debris I'm guessing. I stuffed a ...
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Roadside Repair of torn sidewall
I've had great success with a dollar bill for smaller holes. You can just fold it up and place it under the hole, making sure that it stays in place while you inflate the tire. This tip is courtesy of ...
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Roadside Repair of torn sidewall
I've done this quite successfully with a piece cut from the lid of a (disposable) plastic food box, held in place with electrical tape. It took a few attempts to shape the patch properly, but it ...
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How to put a tube in a used tubeless tire
What you could do is carry a complete replacement tyre and tube.
Folding tyres are great, and it doesn't have to be new or fancy, but seating it as tubeless might be a problem in the wild with a hand ...
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What is the best old tube plus current tube or current tire plus old tire combination if I want to puncture proof my bike or can I use three of them?
I do not think that an old tube over the new one would protect much at all. If a thorn manages to go through the tyre, it will puncture one tube layer almost as easily as two tube layers. You can buy ...
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Is there any reason to carry 700cx23-32mm inner tubes as spares for 25mm tires?
There can be a reason: you have several bikes with tires in that range and one set of roadside repairs tools. Having a tube that can take a wide range of widths allows you to have one spare tube in ...
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Is there any reason to carry 700cx23-32mm inner tubes as spares for 25mm tires?
Actually, I am not sure there is such a thing as a 23-32mm inner tube. That is an immense size range. 23mm tires have much less internal volume than 32s. If you told someone from the era when 23mm was ...
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Is there any reason to carry 700cx23-32mm inner tubes as spares for 25mm tires?
Most tubes are sold in compatible ranges rather than specific "one-size" configurations, I guess that would make product portfolios a mess since many brands even offer multiple valve ...
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What is the best old tube plus current tube or current tire plus old tire combination if I want to puncture proof my bike or can I use three of them?
Am not a very big fan of carrying repair kit around.
Neither am I since I hate roadside repairs. Since it's unfeasible to have as many CO2 cartridges as I have patches in my patch kit, I have to ...
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Roadside Repair of torn sidewall
I use band-aids to repair tire cuts from sharp stones because they are non-elastic unlike duct tape. Cuts up to several mm have always been reliably repaired for months in wet conditions. I imagine ...
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