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Old 23-12-09, 19:21
Mike Wright Mike Wright is offline
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You have many options;

1: use Slime in the tubes and hope that the puncture is fixed by the liquid which actually works quite well.

2. Take a spare tube for definate on a trip! I had a puncture and ook the wheel, tyre and tube out to find it has broken in 2 so no repair kit would fix that.

3. Remove the rear wheel - remove valve centre - break bead - press the tyre into the rim centre each side - attach rim protectors - put lever in between rim and tyre and lever - hold lever in place and insert 2nd lever and gently work around until tyre is outside the rim - pull out tube - run hand inside checking for what caused the puncture - insert new tube - lever tyre back on and inflate.

Tools: 2 rim protectors - 2 levers (flat type with no raised edges) - 1 valve core remover - tyre inflator (�4:99 from garages)

If your repairing the tube do it another day and simply find the hole - sandpaper it a little and apply glue - once it feels dry apply path and chalk after.

I break the bead by using a small G Clamp.

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