idrive Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 Last week Thursday I was out near the Bapsfontein/Bronkhorstsopruit road whren I got a puncture. Well, I had a 10 cm rip in my rear tye after riding over a piece of 6mm round bar sticking out the ground. It went in near the rim and came out near the centre of the tyre, but ripped it all the way. It was a tubeless tyre, and I had a spare tube with me, but this, as I was soon to learn, had a hole in the side where it hap been rubbing against the saddle bag. Then I tried stuffing miellie stems into to the tyre, but every time I tried to pedal the rim just spun inside the tyre, so that idea was quickly forgotten. In the end I rode 28km back to Kemptune Park on the rim at an average speed of just over 12km/h. Rim, tyre, tubeless kit all scrap now ..... expensive ride!
SwissVan Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 Hello ET? Haven't you got a cell phone, would have been cheaper to phone home...But then again I dont think they have cell coverage in Kemptune park
kingjreid Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 hahah i had the same thing a while back... used pine needles and it was just as useless!
HammerHed Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 Bad luck mate, these kind of things usually only happen once because you learn from them and take a spare next time that works. I looked at my spare tube that has been in my saddlebag for the last year the other day before the Forest 2 Falls MTB Marathon, and thank God I did, because it had many holes in it from chafing on the saddle bag. I have since put my spare in a plastic bag inside my saddle bag, might help with the chafing.
The Crazy German Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 dude basic bush mechanics put banknotes next to the cut in tire. Banknotes are thin flexible and have a very stron structure. Fold em a couple of times and they do magic, and you can still buy beer with em afterwards. For the tube make a knot. You make a not where a small loop sticks ou(ofcours containing your hole) tires stretch so you can still fit em on the weel and if you pump it it rides quite weel actually. Al tested multiple times
Bikalot Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 had a similiar situation to this a while ago,went out for quite a long road ride and had my 2nd puncture about 20km from home but only had 1 tube,so i took the tube with the new puncture,"cut" it in half where the hole was using a multitool and kinda ripping it apart,then tying a knot in the tube and pumping it up softly,to like 25psi and then riding home,wasnt the most comfortable but it worked... ya bank notes work for cuts quuite well,have also scavenged for anything availible on the road side, old chip packets,paper,cardboard...
Tumbleweed Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 dude basic bush mechanics put banknotes next to the cut in tire. Banknotes are thin flexible and have a very stron structure. Fold em a couple of times and they do magic' date=' and you can still buy beer with em afterwards. For the tube make a knot. You make a not where a small loop sticks ou(ofcours containing your hole) tires stretch so you can still fit em on the weel and if you pump it it rides quite weel actually. Al tested multiple times[/quote'] love the logici always pack park tool tire boots when i ride. that combined with a (road) tubby needle and thread might have done the trick for a gash so big?
Reg Lizard Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 I was told by my grandpa (would have been 92 if he had not passed away 3 years ago) that back in the old days they would use grass to stuff their tires after a puncture.
scotty Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 My mate tried the bank note thing at the Kremertart when he sliced his tyre open and only had a R100 note which he fitted in but not much further the note wore through so ended up losing 1 tyre, 2 tubes and a R100 note.
idrive Posted June 10, 2008 Author Posted June 10, 2008 .... but my tyre was ripped halfway across for a 10cm length .... aint enough money to fix that one. My tube was inside a plsastic bag. It used to be in quite a thick sock and I reckon that's the only way to kkep a tube or tape it to the seatpost. But even the tube would not have lasted long.....
Tumbleweed Posted June 10, 2008 Posted June 10, 2008 .... but my tyre was ripped halfway across for a 10cm length .... aint enough money to fix that one. My tube was inside a plsastic bag. It used to be in quite a thick sock and I reckon that's the only way to kkep a tube or tape it to the seatpost. But even the tube would not have lasted long..... do you ride with a camelbak? if so, the old tubby kit and tire boots would have given something rideable and saved you a rim.
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