On 12/27/19 5:33 PM, 'Deacon Patrick' via RBW Owners Bunch wrote:
For all the riding I do on the supplest tires I can find in the widths
for each bike, I am blessed to only have 2-4 flats a year. However,
one ongoing challenge in the field is the wet/muddy flat fix, in which
sharp decomposed granite is a primary component. If it get into the
tire (inevitable short of brooming off the tire after it is fully
dried, which is what I do at home). Things I've tried in the field to
clear the gathering of future punctures from the trough:
- remove the tire entirely. In wet conditions this just makes
everything worse. Better to leave it on on one side, tilted so
detritus falls away from the trough.
- flip the bottom bit of tire inside out, after inserting the tube,
but just before inserting the bottom bit of tube. The trick here is
to make four hands out of two.
This works about 80% of the time, but that remaining 20% is stubborn.
Any additional tips? (Note, by "wet" conditions, I mean everything
from -20˚F, which is a different kind of wet,
It would have to be around 150 proof to still be wet at -20˚F, wouldn't it?
up to normal wet). Fortunately, I've only had one flat below zero. Grin.
I can't imagine there would be much to grin about trying to fix a flat
at -20˚F.
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Steve Palincsar
Alexandria, Virginia
USA
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