TheTwo Minute Flat Fix

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excellent.

Personally, I'd just go ahead and use a "real" patch so I didn't have
to redo the whole thing when I got home. 😉

max "never had a Rema patch fail yet" o

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[applause]

excellent.

Personally, I'd just go ahead and use a "real" patch so I didn't have
to redo the whole thing when I got home. 😉

max "never had a Rema patch fail yet" o

You are right, when I get home...repatch the patch.
Lots of sanding and cleaning to make sure i get all the residue off before I
use a real stuff.
Rema's never failed me either.
-tom

With all due respect, yours is a skill that I would NOT want to aquire.
:-)

Lewis.

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Since having my share of flats this year, I've become pretty quick at fixing
them now.
On pin-holes which are visible, I can pull the tube just in the area of the
flat without removing the wheel, and patch the flat with a glueless patch
and back on the road in about two minutes. My record is 1 min. 47 sec. so
far.

In my experience, you can expect to replace that glueless patch about 12 months
later when it fails. I carry glueless patches incase I get more than 1 flat, I
carry 1 spare tube. But I would change out the tube with a regularly patched
one when I got home.
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Alex

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Since having my share of flats this year, I've become pretty quick at
fixing
them now.
On pin-holes which are visible, I can pull the tube just in the area of
the
flat without removing the wheel, and patch the flat with a glueless patch
and back on the road in about two minutes. My record is 1 min. 47 sec. so
far.

In my experience, you can expect to replace that glueless patch about 12
months
later when it fails. I carry glueless patches incase I get more than 1
flat, I
carry 1 spare tube. But I would change out the tube with a regularly
patched
one when I got home.
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Alex

Yes Alex, I do the same, carry 1 spare tube and the Park glueless patches
and a full size frame pump.
I just hate removing the rear wheel assembly from the bike when fixing a
flat, (does anybody enjoy it?), so I find it's easier to just pull the part
of the tube out which needs the patch with the wheel still intact. The
glueless patches are not bad, they'll get me home. I still have on the
glueless patch from two days ago and the tube is still holding air.
-tom

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Since having my share of flats this year, I've become pretty quick at
fixing
them now.
On pin-holes which are visible, I can pull the tube just in the area of
the
flat without removing the wheel, and patch the flat with a glueless

patch

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and back on the road in about two minutes. My record is 1 min. 47 sec.

so

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far.

In my experience, you can expect to replace that glueless patch about 12
months
later when it fails. I carry glueless patches incase I get more than 1
flat, I
carry 1 spare tube. But I would change out the tube with a regularly
patched
one when I got home.
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Alex

Yes Alex, I do the same, carry 1 spare tube and the Park glueless patches
and a full size frame pump.
I just hate removing the rear wheel assembly from the bike when fixing a
flat, (does anybody enjoy it?), so I find it's easier to just pull the

part

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of the tube out which needs the patch with the wheel still intact. The
glueless patches are not bad, they'll get me home. I still have on the
glueless patch from two days ago and the tube is still holding air.
-tom

I started riding again a year ago. Liked MBing so much I bought bikes for
my wife and kids. Many flats for all of us since and I've patched them all
with
the little square Parks patches. No failures yet, and I've put a thousand
singletrack
miles on at least the first patch

The LBS used to hit me up for $20 each time I brought my kids' bikes in with
flats before I
got back on a bike telling me that they didn't fix flats, only replaced
tubes.
Needless to say the thousands I've spent since the bikebug bit me went
elsewhere.

if the flats are clustering maybe there's another factor to evaluate
and correct or alter

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I just hate removing the rear wheel assembly from the bike when fixing a
flat, (does anybody enjoy it?)

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-tom

Don't enjoy it, but it's hardly more difficult than removing the front
wheel is it?

--
Mark
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Nerves of Steel, Heart of Gold, Knob of Butter

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>Since having my share of flats this year, I've become pretty quick at
>fixing
>them now.
>On pin-holes which are visible, I can pull the tube just in the area of
>the
>flat without removing the wheel, and patch the flat with a glueless

patch

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>and back on the road in about two minutes. My record is 1 min. 47 sec.

so

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>far.

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The LBS used to hit me up for $20 each time I brought my kids' bikes in with
flats before I
got back on a bike telling me that they didn't fix flats, only replaced
tubes.
Needless to say the thousands I've spent since the bikebug bit me went
elsewhere.

I'm not sure that's really fair. First of all, I can totally believe $20
as a reasonable charge for the fixing of a flat by a mechanic. Second of
all, I patch tubes whenever possible, too, but if you take it to a shop,
I wouldn't expect them to patch tubes either. Why not? Well, the tube
you bring in is an unknown quantity with a hole in an unknown location
and of unknown durability. If they patch the hole they find, and then
the tube suffers a stem failure the next day, you'll bring it in to them
and insist they didn't do their job. Meanwhile, a tube costs about $2
retail, and they pay wholesale pricing, which is probably less than the
cost of the extra labor to make sure your used tube is in good shape,
etc.

In other words, the shop can put in a new tube more cheaply than they
can repair an old one, and they can properly guarantee the repair. The
answer, as you found out, is to not take your flats to an LBS, as it is
rather like calling a plumber to plunge a toilet.

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Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
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to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:25:04 +0100, "MSA" <[email hidden]>

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I just hate removing the rear wheel assembly from the bike when fixing a
flat, (does anybody enjoy it?)

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-tom

Don't enjoy it, but it's hardly more difficult than removing the front
wheel is it?

Not difficult, but definitely messier. There is a much better chance
of getting greasy.

Life is Good!
Jeff

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I just hate removing the rear wheel assembly from the bike when fixing a
flat, (does anybody enjoy it?)

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-tom

Don't enjoy it, but it's hardly more difficult than removing the front
wheel is it?

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Not difficult, but a PITA when you're in the middle of nowhere, it's
raining, and you're hungry. I never remove either wheel to simply
patch. No reason to. Especially pertinent when running an internally
geared hub with all types of fussiness to detatch before you can think
of removing the wheel.