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2007-06-15 12:49 PM

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Subject: got burned being the nice guy
last night my girlfriend and i were on our way home on the lakefront trail here in chicago and about 5 miles from home a guy with a brand new shiny road bike was walking and had a flat, so i stopped and asked if he needed help. He just bought the bike last week and had no tube or no pump and had never changed a flat before. I use my spare tube and changed his tire for him and he rides off into the sunset(literally, it was about 8pm). so my girlfriend and I continue riding toward home and within 2 miles it was so dark i did not see a huge pot hole and pow, get a flat. we stop and i change that really quick and use the last CO2 cartridge doing it, which barely put 75 lbs in the tire.. I get on my bike and very quickly realize my front was flat too and had no more tubes. We enjoyed a nice walk home for the next couple of miles. Just though i would the story and realized i have to start patching these tubes instead of buying new ones. Do patches hold 120psi in? If so, are some patches better than others?

2007-06-15 12:54 PM
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Subject: RE: got burned being the nice guy

For routine punctures, patching is definitely preferable to a new tube. It's cheaper and only takes a couple minutes.
Pretty much any patch you'd get in a patch kit will hold 120 psi. The rear tube on my bike has had 2 patches since early last year and it's doing fine.

2007-06-15 12:59 PM
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Subject: RE: got burned being the nice guy

That sucks ......

I don't use CO2 except in racing applications and always have a frame pump on training rides.  And I will patch tubes occassionally.  Done right they have no problems holding pressure.  And they are all basically the same (standard patch kits).  There are the glueless patches that I have used before, but they have a tendency to leak if the patch is in a weird place like a seam.

2007-06-15 1:16 PM
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Subject: RE: got burned being the nice guy
if you want to patch a tube, how do you find the hole when you're out on the road? at home i use water to see where the bubbles are coming from.
2007-06-15 1:30 PM
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Subject: RE: got burned being the nice guy
Not sure if it helps, but that guy probably got home and saw his family, safe and sound, and will remember you and your kindness for a long, long time. You don't always see the results, but the good you do ripples outward, sometimes, in rare instances, to eternity....
2007-06-15 1:43 PM
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Subject: RE: got burned being the nice guy

SauseEnte - 2007-06-15 2:16 PM if you want to patch a tube, how do you find the hole when you're out on the road? at home i use water to see where the bubbles are coming from.

Pump up the tube, listen for the leak. If I can't find it that way I use some water from my water bottle. It doesn't take much.


2007-06-15 1:51 PM
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SauseEnte - 2007-06-15 10:16 AM i

f you want to patch a tube, how do you find the hole when you're out on the road? at home i use water to see where the bubbles are coming from.

Put water from a water bottle on it and listen for the hissing, or just hold the tube up to your cheek and feel for the jet of air coming out as you slowly rotate the tube around.

2007-06-15 3:50 PM
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FishrCutB8 - 2007-06-15 1:30 PM Not sure if it helps, but that guy probably got home and saw his family, safe and sound, and will remember you and your kindness for a long, long time. You don't always see the results, but the good you do ripples outward, sometimes, in rare instances, to eternity....

That's a great way to look at it.  I look at it as I owe being nice to a lot of people for some of the crap I've done in my life.  Every time I get screwed over I'm repaying karma.  As long as it doesn't hurt too bad I'm ok with it.  I owe a lot.

2007-06-15 6:14 PM
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I have my frist Oly distance tri next weekend. My biggest worry is getting a flat. What is the best way to change a flat during a race? Replace the whole tube? Patch the hole? Pump up the tire without patching? Co2 or pump? Can anyone make any suggestions? Thanks!

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2007-06-15 7:04 PM
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Subject: RE: got burned being the nice guy
For a race: replace the tube. I use CO2, but use whatever you're comfortable with.

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