Haste makes waste

If you've never done anything like this, you haven't experienced the full range of the cycling
experience. I feel your pain!

Brad

Steve McDonald said:

I carry a piece of chalk in my patch kit, so I can mark the tube and tire at the same place
before I remove them. Then, when I patch the tube, I know just where to look on the tire to
find the embedded piece of glass, wire or thorn that must be removed.

Or just install the tire the "proper" way with the label by the valve.

Quoted message said:

If you install new cables and clip off the ends, you will spread little bits of sharp wires
on your floor that may end up in your tires. It's best to contain all these pieces when you
cut the cables, so they won't get you later.

Wrapping the end of the cable with electrical tape before cutting will contain the pieces of wire.

Tom Sherman - Near the confluence of the Mississippi and Rock Rivers

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Quoted message said:

On my ride home from work I had a flat. 2 of the 3 plastic tire irons ( there's an oxymoron) that
I never had the pleasure to use before broke, so I had a dickens of a time getting the tire off by
hand. No more plastic irons for me. Because I had spent so much time wrangling the tire off I
hastily put the new tube in without checking for the cause of the flat. Duh! So the new tube gets
punctured by the offending wire that I should have discovered and removed in the first place,
resulting in a five mile walk home.

Boy, does that sound like something "I" would do!

I carry a piece of chalk in my patch kit, so I can mark the tube and tire at the same place before I
remove them. Then, when I patch the tube, I know just where to look on the tire to find the embedded
piece of glass, wire or thorn that must be removed.

If you install new cables and clip off the ends, you will spread little bits of sharp wires on
your floor that may end up in your tires. It's best to contain all these pieces when you cut
the cables, so they won't get you later.

Steve McDonald

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Pat O'Malley
On my ride home from work I had a flat. 2 of the 3 plastic tire irons ( there's an oxymoron) that I never had the pleasure to use before broke...

Personally, I do not like the plastic ones. The aluminum ones are nice:

http://www.hostelshoppe.com/cgi-bin/readitem.pl?Accessory=983913529

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Quoted message said:

Pat O'Malley said:

On my ride home from work I had a flat. 2 of the 3 plastic tire irons ( there's an oxymoron)
that I never had the pleasure to use before broke...

Personally, I do not like the plastic ones. The aluminum ones are nice:

hostelshoppe.comreaditem.plOpen ↗

I broke 2 out of 3. The third one is in the trash. I now carry metal irons.