Re: Freshly patched tube test.

Hi,

Pete Biggs wrote:
Not everyone wants to patch every puncture by the roadside, and some tube
failures are impossible to repair. It makes sense to carry a patch kit
*and* a spare tube.

On a longer ride you'll want to carry both, especially when you can
distribute it over multiple riders.

If there's a puncture, I usually try to fix it by patching without
removing the wheel from the bike (*). Once that fails and I have to
remove the wheel from the bike, I usually change the tube against the
spare. The broken tube gets patched right away, so that I have a working
spare tube for a second puncture (never happened yet).

With patching I do have a 2-out-of-3 success ratio - last fall I failed
to fix a tube - it had rolled in the tire while deflating and had
multiple secondary holes... When trying to find them, a seam ruptured...

(*) Lay the bike on the side, try to find the puncture. Remove one side
of the tire from the wheel for about 1/3rd of the circumference and get
the tube out. Fix as usual and re-mount. That's the easiest way to fix a
flat, especially if you have racks, trailer hitch, derailleur cage and
other stuff mounted on or around the axle...

Actually on trips around town I don't carry any repair kit except a
multi-tool and some (human-skin) patches. Nothing to repair a flat...

Depends on where you go and on how many spares vs. repair kit(s) you
want to carry...

HAve fun...
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Toshiba Television - Bowing of Picture
    ... Will be much cheaper to fix it that to ... Shoreline Electronics Repair ... If the> picture quality is good then it may be worth dropping a few $$$ to have it> serviced. ... Is this something that is worth having repaired or is>> it the start of much worse things (like the tube going) and I should just>> look at a new set? ...
    (sci.electronics.repair)
  • Re: Street Fighter II monitor issues
    ... Can a TV repair place fix these? ... but I suppose I could do that and haul it somewhere for ... If it is the tube you may have a chance to ...
    (rec.games.video.arcade.collecting)
  • Re: Carvin X60-A: Screamin POS
    ... typical "modern" tube amp, which has tubes in it mainly ... and saw 44 mA on the left tube and 19 mA on the right ... socket pads (double-sided PCB - the whole amp is on one ... to make this repair much easier. ...
    (alt.guitar.amps)
  • Re: Carvin X60-A: Screamin POS
    ... typical "modern" tube amp, which has tubes in it mainly ... and saw 44 mA on the left tube and 19 mA on the right ... socket pads (double-sided PCB - the whole amp is on one ... to make this repair much easier. ...
    (alt.guitar.amps)
  • Re: TV tube, hissing, fizzling crackling noise, arcing.
    ... aweful on it (well more aweful than usual (widescreen is my ... Anyway the repair man did a great job for £50 and the pic is ... and anode area of the tube may need proper cleaning. ... > with the anode connection in the tube are very rare. ...
    (sci.electronics.repair)
Loading