I got an ebike and a flat on the front is no big deal, but a little more involved if it is the rear (hub drive). Mine needed some real tools to remove, not the stuff I would probably have on the road. (The nuts were VERY tight from the factory.) Anyway this is some real out of the box thinking here. You cut your old tube in half and remove it and put this one in. The ends are sealed.
Interesting tube, no need to remove wheel
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A fellow from So. Africa told me they had large India rubber "O" rings to use in place of pneumatic inner tubes when he was young.
I always wondered, why not today?
I always wondered, why not today?
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I looked at it and thought "omg who would use this piece of crap" and then remembered that not all cyclists are enthusiasts, and chances are whoever is buying this is not using a 330tpi race tire, and will never know, nor care.
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Most bike still ride on inner tubes, so that wouldn't work. I don't patch tubes anymore, first you have to find the hole, and the self stick ones can sometimes hold up for a week or an hour, and the vulcanizing ones are a PITA to do road-side. If I flat out in a field on a 100* day, it's much faster just to change the tube and roll
I've found out the hard way that it's a good idea to inspect the tire thoroughly to ensure that whatever caused the puncture is not still sicking through the tire waiting to do it again.
Depending on what bike, I tend to roll with 3 spare tubes these days. In the last 12 months I have had 3 rides where I have gotten 2 flats. First was a from a steel wire that I picked up (but didn't spot), that one I basically rimmed it the last mile to the car after the second tube replacement (talk about sketchy!) (this was the ride that taught me to carry more than 2!). Second time, I hit some rocks, knew I was going to lose a tube... and did. Got that replaced and made the mistake of thinking about how I've never had a front tire go flat... literally as I was thinking that, you know what happened. Last time I hit a pothole hard enough to bend both rims and didn't bother, called for a ride, I was done.
I wait until I get a stack of about 5 tubes and patch all at once, as I figure otherwise the tube of cement will dry up (cure?).
I try to do that. Make sure to bring a tool to remove whatever offending item it is, like needle nose pliers. Come to think of it, I don't think I have one of those in my kit. Anyhow. Pop the tube out, pump it up a bit, see if you can find where the damage is. But usually I just hit something and I know I pinch flatted, so really no need to look, just swap and go. [I'm fat, ride rough terrain and don't use enough pressure--I can tell when it's going to be a pinch flat.]
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