"Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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aka Jobst Brandt said:
Patsy [in Texas] writes:
> I got a flat yesterday and found out that it was caused by the > Mr. Tuffy strip I had put in between the tube and tire. The overlap > part of the Mr. Tuffy strip had worn the tube thin and there was > air leakage in a small arc shape on the tube. > I had heard this might be a problem a long time ago, but put it down > to an urban myth. With a single edged razor blade or other suitable sharp edge, wet the blade and taper the end so the strip feathers without a step... and then throw salt over your shoulder as backup (considering some of the advice given).
Which of the many electrically neutral ionic compounds is best for this purpose (this is a "tech" group after all)?
A typical Tom Sherman post. He is a civil engineer and so fancies that he has some technical knowledge that the rest of us are not privy to.
Nonsense. I expect a mechanical engineer with close to 5 decades of experience to be precise (despite the protestations of Kentucky Bourbon Man). 😉
-- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman came up with this when s/he headbutted the keyboard a moment ago in alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent:
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Edward Dolan said:
"Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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[email hidden] aka Jobst Brandt wrote: > Patsy [in Texas] writes: > >> I got a flat yesterday and found out that it was caused by the >> Mr. Tuffy strip I had put in between the tube and tire. The overlap >> part of the Mr. Tuffy strip had worn the tube thin and there was >> air leakage in a small arc shape on the tube. >> I had heard this might be a problem a long time ago, but put it down >> to an urban myth. > With a single edged razor blade or other suitable sharp edge, wet the > blade and taper the end so the strip feathers without a step... and > then throw salt over your shoulder as backup (considering some of the > advice given). Which of the many electrically neutral ionic compounds is best for this purpose (this is a "tech" group after all)?
A typical Tom Sherman post. He is a civil engineer and so fancies that he has some technical knowledge that the rest of us are not privy to.
Nonsense. I expect a mechanical engineer with close to 5 decades of experience to be precise (despite the protestations of Kentucky Bourbon Man). 😉
Patsy:
your tyre pressure was too low. I've seen such a thing happen with sidewalls as well. -- If you can read this - The [censored] fell off!
