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  1. Original post
    Bob Flemming
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    set off today to Watford <about 14 mile each way>..

    1. 2 miles into journey - massive split in back tyre, tube feels like sticking its head out from the
    tyre......out and bursts. Bodged with some plastic, and bits of the burst tube(didn't have any
    dollar bills on me)....limped back home to change tyre.

    Begin journey again..

    2. 6 miles into journey.....flat tyre on front. fix that and carry on.

    3. coming home...in the dark....another flat...in the rear.....fix that and eventually get home.

    No sign of any offending object.....in either tyre.

    sometimes things really do happen in 3's.

    moral:....ALWAYS carry at least a spare tube, punture kit and ....a pump!

    which reminds me, I must invest in that real good quality very lightweight chain
    splitter...(forgotten the name right now)

    these things are worth their weight in gold

    bob

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  2. GearóId Ó Laoi
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    I do a lot of bike touring and had no puncture on a tour for about 5 years. That would be about 15
    tours. One morning in Scotland I and my wife got three punctures and a blown tyre and tube (4 in
    all) in three different wheels. I didn't get another for the rest of the tour, or for a couple of
    tours after. The puncture god moves in mysterious ways.

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  3. Just Zis Guy
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    Bob Flemming said:

    which reminds me, I must invest in that real good quality very lightweight chain
    splitter...(forgotten the name right now)

    I use a Park one which works with 7, 8 and 9 speed chains.

    Oh, and I also carry a Park tyre boot, which is a good alternative to dollar bills, if slightly
    dearer :-)

    --
    Guy
    ===
    I wonder if you wouldn't mind piecing out our imperfections with your thoughts; and while you're
    about it perhaps you could think when we talk of bicycles, that you see them printing their proud
    wheels i' the receiving earth; thanks awfully.

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  4. Bob Flemming
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    you know? said:
    Bob Flemming said:

    which reminds me, I must invest in that real good quality very lightweight chain
    splitter...(forgotten the name right now)

    I use a Park one which works with 7, 8 and 9 speed chains.

    Oh, and I also carry a Park tyre boot

    Please illuminate, what's one of those???

    bob

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  5. Pete Biggs
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    Bob Flemming said:
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    Oh, and I also carry a Park tyre boot

    Please illuminate, what's one of those???

    parktool.comTB 1.shtml

    ~PB

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  6. Bob Flemming
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    Pete Biggs said:
    Bob Flemming said:
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    Oh, and I also carry a Park tyre boot

    Please illuminate, what's one of those???

    parktool.comTB 1.shtml

    Thanks. Just the ticket.

    Has to be better than crisp packets, some old cardboard drink container and bits of inner tube
    stuffed in there! Still, I got home....<bump, bump, bump>

    bob

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  7. Tony Raven
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    Bob Flemming said:
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    Oh, and I also carry a Park tyre boot

    Please illuminate, what's one of those???

    Its a pair of boots your bike can wear to walk home with you when its become unrideable

    Tony

    raven-family.comraven-family.com

    "The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" George
    Bernard Shaw.

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  8. Just Zis Guy
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    Bob Flemming said:
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    parktool.comTB 1.shtml


    Just the ticket.

    Should be, yes. Weighs nothing, takes up no space, and cost very little. I bought it after a
    glass-related incident. I got home using a long self-adhesive patch over the cut, but it wasn't very
    satisfactory.

    Guy
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    dynamic DNS permitting)
    NOTE: BT Openworld have now blocked port 25 (without notice), so old mail addresses may no longer
    work. Apologies.

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