Patch kits

Tamyka Bell said:

On my way to uni this morning, I got a reminder of why I carry a patch
kit in addition to my two spare tubes.

No, I didn't get a triple whammy (that'd be NASTY!) but rather I met a
very unhappy guy pushing a MTB with a flat rear tyre. If I'd only been
carrying tubes, I couldn't have offered to help.

Have a great day everyone 😄

Tam

ohhhh depending on what happened you could have offered a 5,10,20,50 dollar note to try and fix the puncture if it was not a real bad one.... 🙂

MikeyOz said:

Tamyka Bell said:

On my way to uni this morning, I got a reminder of why I carry a patch
kit in addition to my two spare tubes.

No, I didn't get a triple whammy (that'd be NASTY!) but rather I met a
very unhappy guy pushing a MTB with a flat rear tyre. If I'd only been
carrying tubes, I couldn't have offered to help.

Have a great day everyone 😄

Tam

ohhhh depending on what happened you could have offered a 5,10,20,50
dollar note to try and fix the puncture if it was not a real bad
one.... 🙂

Um, well I could've offered a combination of 10, 20 and 50 cent pieces
to try, anyway.

Tam *poor student*

"Tamyka Bell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

On my way to uni this morning, I got a reminder of why I carry a patch
kit in addition to my two spare tubes.

.....If I'd only been carrying tubes, I couldn't have offered to help.

Why not??? A while ago I did a bit of a good deed and gave my only spare
tube (wasn't carrying repair kit) to a guy who was riding with his son when
his son had a flat. It was a brand-new, long valved tube that cost me $9 or
something but I thought what the heck. I actually gave the guy one of my
business cards and asked him to ring me back once he had bought a new tube
with a car valve on it and then I would go around and fit it for him and
recover my presta valved tube. I was only 10km or so from home and had no
problems getting home without a flat. I felt pretty good about it and the
guy seemed pretty genuine but it has now been about 2 months and I haven't
heard a thing from him......oh well......I guess if you can't afford to lose
something then you don't loan it to someone.

Repair kit might be a good alternative for next time although I now carry a
repaired tube that I would be less unhappy about giving to someone along
with a new tube.

Gags

Gags said:

Why not???

It's very hard to make a 700cx23 tube fit in a 26x2.1 tyre, and vice
versa. Not that I've ever tried putting a 26x2.1 tyre in a roadie tube.

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Ho Ho"

Gags said:

A while ago I did a bit of a good deed and gave my only spare
tube (wasn't carrying repair kit) to a guy who was riding with his son when
his son had a flat.

That's what KARMA was invented for Gags!

Can I have a share of your tattslotto winnings? 🙂
I'll get you a new tube... 🙂

hippy

Tamyka Bell said:

On my way to uni this morning, I got a reminder of why I carry
a patch kit in addition to my two spare tubes.

No, I didn't get a triple whammy (that'd be NASTY!) but rather
I met a very unhappy guy pushing a MTB with a flat rear tyre.
If I'd only been carrying tubes, I couldn't have offered to
help.

I always carry a pack of Park glueless patches for such
occasions. Unlike many other people, I've used dozens without
a single problem. A pair of plastic Michelin tyre levers
completes the kit.

The pack is so small, it's permanently in my pocket - even when
I'm a pedestrian. I get priceless looks when I (an elderly
pedestrian) offer to fix punctures for young blokes wheeling
bikes with flat tyres. Only trouble is that many of them don't
have pumps.

John

In aus.bicycle on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 06:45:29 +1100

John Henderson said:

The pack is so small, it's permanently in my pocket - even when
I'm a pedestrian. I get priceless looks when I (an elderly
pedestrian) offer to fix punctures for young blokes wheeling
bikes with flat tyres. Only trouble is that many of them don't
have pumps.

I find it hard to believe people go on rides without patch kits.

I suppose it's both car syndrome - everything's there if yu need it
but people call the RAC to change the tyre anyway - and fear of stuff
being nicked.

I used to carry pump and kit, and now the pumps are so small it's
easy. But taking the damn things on and off the bike all the time is
annoying.

So what's available to secure your toolkit to your bike? Come to
that, what's available to secure your lights? Or is it inevitable
that you have to have a backpack of some kind and spend time removing
and refitting everything every time you stop?

Zebee

My puncture stuff now just resides in the backpack (for the ommutes), nothing hanging off the bike. I think I also have road bike tubes in there as well (Commute on MTB), as I just rip off the rear saddlebag off the roadie & toss it in my backpack Monday mornings.
The shorty pump goes in the b'pack 9to5 or the jersey pocket w/ends.

My last 2x punctures I did the roadside-patch, that way I don't even have to remove the whole tube & leave the wheel inplace. Most of these the air is still coming out so finding/isolating the hole is a 2sec job.
5 min adverage turnaropund b4 I'm rolling again.

Although I have pinched the tube a couple of times, finally getting home late & with grotty hands.

Zebee Johnstone said:

In aus.bicycle on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 06:45:29 +1100

John Henderson said:

The pack is so small, it's permanently in my pocket - even when
I'm a pedestrian. I get priceless looks when I (an elderly
pedestrian) offer to fix punctures for young blokes wheeling
bikes with flat tyres. Only trouble is that many of them don't
have pumps.

I find it hard to believe people go on rides without patch kits.

I suppose it's both car syndrome - everything's there if yu need it
but people call the RAC to change the tyre anyway - and fear of stuff
being nicked.

I used to carry pump and kit, and now the pumps are so small it's
easy. But taking the damn things on and off the bike all the time is
annoying.

So what's available to secure your toolkit to your bike? Come to
that, what's available to secure your lights? Or is it inevitable
that you have to have a backpack of some kind and spend time removing
and refitting everything every time you stop?

Zebee

I carry everything in a Carradice saddle bag with quick release
attachment. One click and it is off, another click and it is on. Bit
expensive but a great solution.

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Gags said:

"Tamyka Bell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

On my way to uni this morning, I got a reminder of why I carry a patch
kit in addition to my two spare tubes.

.....If I'd only been carrying tubes, I couldn't have offered to help.

Why not??? A while ago I did a bit of a good deed and gave my only spare
tube (wasn't carrying repair kit) to a guy who was riding with his son when
his son had a flat. It was a brand-new, long valved tube that cost me $9 or
something but I thought what the heck. I actually gave the guy one of my
business cards and asked him to ring me back once he had bought a new tube
with a car valve on it and then I would go around and fit it for him and
recover my presta valved tube. I was only 10km or so from home and had no
problems getting home without a flat. I felt pretty good about it and the
guy seemed pretty genuine but it has now been about 2 months and I haven't
heard a thing from him......oh well......I guess if you can't afford to lose
something then you don't loan it to someone.

Repair kit might be a good alternative for next time although I now carry a
repaired tube that I would be less unhappy about giving to someone along
with a new tube.

Gags

It's easier than that. I ride a roadie. Skinny tyres. He had nice fat
ones. I always carry two tubes, and always at least one of them is
patched so I'm happy to hand it away even to someone I'll never see
again.

Tam

Zebee Johnstone said:

In aus.bicycle on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 06:45:29 +1100

John Henderson said:

The pack is so small, it's permanently in my pocket - even when
I'm a pedestrian. I get priceless looks when I (an elderly
pedestrian) offer to fix punctures for young blokes wheeling
bikes with flat tyres. Only trouble is that many of them don't
have pumps.

I find it hard to believe people go on rides without patch kits.

I suppose it's both car syndrome - everything's there if yu need it
but people call the RAC to change the tyre anyway - and fear of stuff
being nicked.

I used to carry pump and kit, and now the pumps are so small it's
easy. But taking the damn things on and off the bike all the time is
annoying.

So what's available to secure your toolkit to your bike? Come to
that, what's available to secure your lights? Or is it inevitable
that you have to have a backpack of some kind and spend time removing
and refitting everything every time you stop?

Zebee

When I'm riding somewhere that people might steal stuff off my bike, if
I need to take a backpack, I don't bother putting the stuff on my frame.

We have a monitored, limited-access bike parking room. I take off one
set of lights (the elastic band LED ones) as a backup, and that's it.
Everything else stays on. I figure if someone else really needs to
borrow my pump, go for it. They're on video.

Tam

Gags said:

Repair kit might be a good alternative for next time although I now
carry a repaired tube that I would be less unhappy about giving to
someone along with a new tube.

So you're prepared to give away a tube which cost you $9 _plus_ the cost of
the patch?
A tube with three patches cost you even more. :-)

Theo

Theo Bekkers said:

Gags said:

Repair kit might be a good alternative for next time although I now
carry a repaired tube that I would be less unhappy about giving to
someone along with a new tube.

So you're prepared to give away a tube which cost you $9 _plus_ the cost of
the patch?
A tube with three patches cost you even more. :-)

Theo

I did that math too! However, without the patch, the value of the tube
is $0. Therefore a patch, while itself only costing 50c, is worth $9.50.
Patches are the way to make money!

(Who pays $9 for tubes anyway?!)

Tam

Gags gags_44nospamatnospamtpg.com.au said:

"Tamyka Bell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

.....If I'd only been carrying tubes, I couldn't have offered to help.

Why not???

Different wheel size? The guy was on an MTB, Tamyka might have been on
a roady.

I gave away my spare tube once to a city bloke visiting town who had
just discovered goat heads! :-/ No big deal - the tube only cost $2.
The LBS sells thornproof tubes with new bikes, and sell the original
tubes as cheap spares.

--
John
There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.
-- Dr Who

On 12 Jan 2006 20:22:43 GMT, Zebee Johnstone <[email hidden]> wrote
in aus.bicycle:

Quoted message said:

I find it hard to believe people go on rides without patch kits.

I bloke I work with and who rides to work most days has never carried
a repair kit or pump , he has had two punctures in god knows how many
years.

The first time he was about 20 yards from arriving home the second
time he was with me (who has tyre liners and carries a spare tube,
patches and at least two tubes of glue). mind you I haven't had a
puncture for about ten years either, we must have been good in a
former life.

Regards
Prickles

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Spiny Norman said:

On 12 Jan 2006 20:22:43 GMT, Zebee Johnstone <[email hidden]> wrote
in aus.bicycle:

Quoted message said:

I find it hard to believe people go on rides without patch kits.

I bloke I work with and who rides to work most days has never carried
a repair kit or pump , he has had two punctures in god knows how many
years.

The first time he was about 20 yards from arriving home the second
time he was with me (who has tyre liners and carries a spare tube,
patches and at least two tubes of glue). mind you I haven't had a
puncture for about ten years either, we must have been good in a
former life.

Regards
Prickles

Timendi causa est nescire
This message only uses recycled electrons

make sure you are carrying them with you for sure now.... the gods are listening... 🙂

hippy said:

Gags said:

A while ago I did a bit of a good deed and gave my only spare
tube (wasn't carrying repair kit) to a guy who was riding with his son
when
his son had a flat.

That's what KARMA was invented for Gags!

Can I have a share of your tattslotto winnings? 🙂
I'll get you a new tube... 🙂

hippy

Karma - if you're horrible to someone they must have done something to
deserve it.

So what have you done Gags?

🙂

Graeme

In aus.bicycle on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:10:20 +1100

Spiny Norman said:

On 12 Jan 2006 20:22:43 GMT, Zebee Johnstone <[email hidden]> wrote
in aus.bicycle:

Quoted message said:

I find it hard to believe people go on rides without patch kits.

I bloke I work with and who rides to work most days has never carried
a repair kit or pump , he has had two punctures in god knows how many
years.

I haven't had that many punctures.

One day I had 3.

About 1km from home, number one. Used spare tube.

Another km on number 2. Patched it.

about 500m down the road, number 3!

At this point I decided that someone up there didn't want me to go to
work that day, so I went home. Puncture free for the trip back.

Zebee

Quoted message said:

I carry everything in a Carradice saddle bag with quick release
attachment. One click and it is off, another click and it is on. Bit
expensive but a great solution.

I have a dirt cheap saddle bag that works the same way 🙂