PingPong Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 Spare tubeTwo tire lever's2xCO2 and adapterBasic small multi toolR50 Few tips for freeIf you tube after running tubeless and slime check the tire properly inside and outside for old thorns and what not before putting the new tube in. Old sealed thorns will puncture the new tube. In which case you will be walking or phoning a friend.Trick I have seen one the trail if you get a flat and your slime is not sealing caus it's dry and you are too lazy to check for thorns. Open the tire off the rim about the length of a tire leaver, squirt about 60ml of water from your bottle into the tire. Close tire and spin for about a minute. Then bomb it. Should loosen the slim and seal enough to get you home
NotSoBigBen Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 In think that enough good advice has been given and as a newbie you should rather carry a comprehensive spares kit until you are comfortable with what you really need. My only contribution is always carry a pump even if you take Co2 bombs. Don't concern yourself too much with the nouveau modern Bear Grylls types carrying a survival kit they bought at Due South, mobile phone and ZA rondts .... They roam from coffee shop to coffee shop on Uber routes ready to call mommy if the Uber takes to long.
Vetseun Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 In think that enough good advice has been given and as a newbie you should rather carry a comprehensive spares kit until you are comfortable with what you really need.My only contribution is always carry a pump even if you take Co2 bombs.Don't concern yourself too much with the nouveau modern Bear Grylls types carrying a survival kit they bought at Due South, mobile phone and ZA rondts .... They roam from coffee shop to coffee shop on Uber routes ready to call mommy if the Uber takes to long.Haahaaaa excellent Bennie
NotSoBigBen Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 Ek kyk die laaities maar net so aan en skud my kop ....
PingPong Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 The 50 bucks is for a coke and bar one at a quick shop or spazza shop in the middle of nowhere. Sugar rush to get you home after hitting the wall because of too many G+T's the night before ????
bikebloke Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 In think that enough good advice has been given and as a newbie you should rather carry a comprehensive spares kit until you are comfortable with what you really need. My only contribution is always carry a pump even if you take Co2 bombs. Don't concern yourself too much with the nouveau modern Bear Grylls types carrying a survival kit they bought at Due South, mobile phone and ZA rondts .... They roam from coffee shop to coffee shop on Uber routes ready to call mommy if the Uber takes to long. I have never had to call my mommy! Uber always comes eventually .......sometimes i have to have 2 Lattes and a cheesecake but .................Uber always comes ............
shaper Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 I have never had to call my mommy! Uber always comes eventually .......sometimes i have to have 2 Lattes and a cheesecake but .................Uber always comes ............ So you can get uber to come down single track and when you are kms from the nearest road?..... yeah, right.... you enjoy a long walk it seems!! Sometimes is better to just keep quiet than try to be funny when all that is required is a proper answer for a newbie to the sport and that it is better give correct advice and tell them to have the bare essential to be able to fix a puncture, have the tools to tighten a loose bolt, fix a broken chain and be able to get home or to a place where can call an uber. Am sure you are that guy standing on the side of the single track miles from anywhere asking fellow cyclists if you can borrow a tube!!
bikebloke Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 So you can get uber to come down single track and when you are kms from the nearest road?..... yeah, right.... you enjoy a long walk it seems!! Sometimes is better to just keep quiet than try to be funny when all that is required is a proper answer for a newbie to the sport and that it is better give correct advice and tell them to have the bare essential to be able to fix a puncture, have the tools to tighten a loose bolt, fix a broken chain and be able to get home or to a place where can call an uber. Am sure you are that guy standing on the side of the single track miles from anywhere asking fellow cyclists if you can borrow a tube!!sorry i didnt realise NOT having a sense of humour was a requirement of being a cyclist and i think OP is smart enough to have gotten a real answer from the thread already and i think the OP is smart enough to get the joke without help dont you ? i dont ride "single track" so no its not me
shaper Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 sorry i didnt realise NOT having a sense of humour was a requirement of being a cyclist and i think OP is smart enough to have gotten a real answer from the thread already and i think the OP is smart enough to get the joke without help dont you ? i dont ride "single track" so no its not me Hopefully she is smart enough to weed out and ignore the irrelevant !! And is pretty obvious you don't do single track as you don't move far from your hipster coffee shop
Spinnekop Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 So you can get uber to come down single track and when you are kms from the nearest road?..... yeah, right.... you enjoy a long walk it seems!! Sometimes is better to just keep quiet than try to be funny when all that is required is a proper answer for a newbie to the sport and that it is better give correct advice and tell them to have the bare essential to be able to fix a puncture, have the tools to tighten a loose bolt, fix a broken chain and be able to get home or to a place where can call an uber. Am sure you are that guy standing on the side of the single track miles from anywhere asking fellow cyclists if you can borrow a tube!!Shots fired.
Mamil Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 My mom wouldn't help if I called her. She'd tell me I was a bloody idiot for not being able to sort myself out.
rorydewet Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 Hi If this has been asked before I apologise. I need some advice regarding emergency supplies/saddle bag must haves. Not sure what I’ll need with a bike that has tubeless tires ? I’ll probably not be traveling any further than 40km in the near future,which will be off-road,gravel roads mostly. Roads are either close enough to home to get home easily,or roads where there are more cyclists than cars so it’s not like I will be stranded in a desert. What is the essentials to start with ? Thanks in advanceif you a lady carry nothing stand at side of trail and wait for a guy to stop and help you if they dont stop try crying it works for my wife every time i stop and help her
Mamil Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 I once cried at the side of the trail and noone helped me.... Was my first 60k at Rhebokskloof on my spring shock Momsen hardtail--- up Paarl mountain, down Paarl mountain, up Paarl mountain again and then with 13 to go "It's all downhill from here" --- not the last time I've heard that k@kst0rie .... ended up sitting on the side of the trail, my bike on the other side with it's handlebars the wrong way around, blood trickling down my shin from my knee making pretty patterns in the mud as a scorpion scurried across the stones in baking heat and 8 more k's to go thinking ... "What in the sweet creator's name am I doing here?" and "How am I going to finish this?" HTFU
NotSoBigBen Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 if you a lady carry nothing stand at side of trail and wait for a guy to stop and help you if they dont stop try crying it works for my wife every time i stop and help herUnless it's Rouxtjie then everyone's on their own .... Doesn't matter who you are!
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