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today, i filled my rear tyre with grass.....what do you do?
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Re: today, i filled my rear tyre with grass.....what do you
Didnt Missy do that and ran into a few problems?zetecmk2":r3p6x1cj said:apart from the obvious "take a tube/etc" answers.
i was only riding to a horse show about 7 miles away....psssssss!!!!
remembered a write up in a mag about emergency repairs......so i filled my rear tyre with grass......got me home!!!!
it was a bit hot to not be riding. i had nothing to loose.....and it worked!
what have you done to get home?
Re: today, i filled my rear tyre with grass.....what do you
Out in Afan a couple of years back a mate ripped the tyre sidewall...we used part of an old punctured tube one of us had from earlier and used that to patch it from the inside...the new tube inflated to keep it in place.
Not only did it get him home but it got him down the final decent of The Wall quicker than most!
Out in Afan a couple of years back a mate ripped the tyre sidewall...we used part of an old punctured tube one of us had from earlier and used that to patch it from the inside...the new tube inflated to keep it in place.
Not only did it get him home but it got him down the final decent of The Wall quicker than most!
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Re: today, i filled my rear tyre with grass.....what do you
Not quite a trail fix but: 20 years back, Forest of Dean, my mate hit a gully at speed on a cheapish borrowed MTB and bent the rigid fork blades so the wheel nearly touched the downtube. We got the slightly taco'd wheel going again and continued our ride. Back at the car park we removed the fork, jacked up our car, put the fork under a car tyre straddling two bits of wood and used the vehicle weight to 'press' the fork back into shape. Next day my mate returned the bike and if i remember correctly the owner never knew..
Not quite a trail fix but: 20 years back, Forest of Dean, my mate hit a gully at speed on a cheapish borrowed MTB and bent the rigid fork blades so the wheel nearly touched the downtube. We got the slightly taco'd wheel going again and continued our ride. Back at the car park we removed the fork, jacked up our car, put the fork under a car tyre straddling two bits of wood and used the vehicle weight to 'press' the fork back into shape. Next day my mate returned the bike and if i remember correctly the owner never knew..
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Tie a very tight knot in the tube, the wheel goes bump once every revolution and will generally need re inflating every couple of miles but it will get you home.
Tie a very tight knot in the tube, the wheel goes bump once every revolution and will generally need re inflating every couple of miles but it will get you home.
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Re: today, i filled my rear tyre with grass.....what do you
Yes it was a rotten trick but we were jackass teens and it was my mate's choice as he'd borrowed the bike. BTW, as requested hereby be reminded not to lend me a bike, even though i'm not asking.
[/quote]TSC.":2j3phuoc said:
Yes it was a rotten trick but we were jackass teens and it was my mate's choice as he'd borrowed the bike. BTW, as requested hereby be reminded not to lend me a bike, even though i'm not asking.
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