The foil wrap from a PoweBar is also supposed to be a miracle hack. A mechanic once told me about someone who heard about the PowerBar trick but who failed to understand that you’re supposed to eat the bar first. The mess that the bar left inside the tire was apparently epic.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 1, 2018, at 3:13 PM, Scott Morris Rose via Bikies > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Canadian bills - made of plastic - work even better. But the smallest > denomination is a fiver. > > >> On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 11:20 AM Harry Read via Bikies >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yesterday I found that one of the Gatorskin tires on my commuter bike has a >> small tear in the sidewall. I discovered this after getting a flat, patching >> the inner tube, and then having it go flat again--with a pop and rapid loss >> of pressure. After patching the inner tube again, I spotted the tear, and >> the inner tube bubbling out of it. So I wondered, is that repairable? Turns >> out, it is, although it's not advisable as a permanent solution; but if you >> were out on the road, it would probably get you home. In this video, they >> tested duct tape, a regular inner tube patch, a glueless patch, an emergency >> "tire boot" (essentially a special patch made for this purpose) and a dollar >> bill--a long-known hack, apparently. The upshot is the best two were the >> dollar bill and the tire boot, which both worked at 120 psi. I think the >> bill works because it's strong and doesn't stretch very much. >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lux1S16YQcM >> >> Harry Read >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > -- > S. Rose > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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