Re: [Bikies] Sharing a cool tire hack: a dollar bill to fix a sidewall tear

2018-07-04 Thread Paul T. O'Leary via Bikies
On 2018/07/02 14:23, Mendota Hills via Bikies wrote: Scott wrote: Canadian bills - made of plastic - work even better. But the smallest denomination is a fiver. As current exchange rate, that's a US$3.80 patch :-) https://www.bankofcanada.ca That's cheaper than what you could buy on Amazon, e

Re: [Bikies] Sharing a cool tire hack: a dollar bill to fix a sidewall tear

2018-07-02 Thread Mendota Hills via Bikies
Scott wrote: > Canadian bills - made of plastic - work even better. But the smallest > denomination is a fiver. As current exchange rate, that's a US$3.80 patch :-) https://www.bankofcanada.ca That's cheaper than what you could buy on Amazon, even if one of their drones could deliver it to you

Re: [Bikies] Sharing a cool tire hack: a dollar bill to fix a sidewall tear

2018-07-01 Thread Mark Maffitt via Bikies
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 iPho

Re: [Bikies] Sharing a cool tire hack: a dollar bill to fix a sidewall tear

2018-07-01 Thread Robbie via Bikies
Wisconsin bike law cards -- put out by the Bike Fed and WisDOT -- work as well. They are laminated, so pretty strong. Robbie Webber State Smart Transportation Initiative www.ssti.us 608-263-9984 (office) 608-225-0002 (cell) On Sun, Jul 1, 2018, 1:20 PM Harry Read via Bikies wrote: > Yesterday I

Re: [Bikies] Sharing a cool tire hack: a dollar bill to fix a sidewall tear

2018-07-01 Thread Scott Morris Rose via Bikies
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 < bikies@lists.danenet.org> wrote: > Yesterday I found that one of the Gatorskin tires on my commuter bike has > a small tear in the sidewall. I di

[Bikies] Sharing a cool tire hack: a dollar bill to fix a sidewall tear

2018-07-01 Thread Harry Read via Bikies
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,