Tubed Tyre Puncture.

[Yorick]

Not had a puncture for ages, but had a rear one today. Bloody nail.
Used the aerosol but it went down and valve ripped out of tube within a mile.

Should I have pulled the nail out?

I suppose mushrooms won't work on tubes.

Any other quick fix apart from aerosol?

Ta.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Carry a spare tube and learn how to fit it, sounds harsh, but it really is the answer.

[Yorick]

Carry a spare tube and learn how to fit it, sounds harsh, but it really is the answer.

It's a real pain getting them bloody rim locks on. And getting the wheel back in.
All without a paddock stand. And all necessary tools.

[crust]

What the big cheese said.

It's all in the technique and a couple of helpfull tools

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233692374277 ... gL9zvD_BwE

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152806138509 ... SwJr1bsgDS

[Yorick]

What the big cheese said.

It's all in the technique and a couple of helpfull tools

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233692374277 ... gL9zvD_BwE

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152806138509 ... SwJr1bsgDS

I can do it. Just not in the wild with no tools or paddock stand.

[crust]

Woose, bloody pansy road bike boys, welcome to the rufty tufty dirty side.

Carry tools, you don't need many and lay the bike on its side or get a mate to hold it balanced on its side stand.

Alternatively fit mooses, its not like you do many road miles, you live on a rock in the ocean

[Yorick]

Woose, bloody pansy road bike boys, welcome to the rufty tufty dirty side.

Carry tools, you don't need many and lay the bike on its side or get a mate to hold it balanced on its side stand.

Alternatively fit mooses, its not like you do many road miles, you live on a rock in the ocean

It's a bloody pain to get the rear wheel in using a paddock stand. No chance without.

The other lads have a run flat system. Might try that

[Yorick]

Should I have pulled the nail out?

[crust]

I've never had any luck with trying to stop a puncture in a tube so I'd pull the nail just to make changing the tube easier.

We always stop and swap the tube. I carry a long lever in the airbox, a couple of shorter ones in my toolbag (on the rear mudguard) the valve puller, bead buddy and a couple of small plastic bottles - one with talcum powder the other with tyre soap for when its wet.

We do it as a team, one to hold the bike, a couple to change the tube and the other two to take the piss.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Done a few by the side of the trail, fronts are easier than rears, but you seem to get rears more often, find a way to support the bike, you've got a two stroke so you can easily lay it on it's side.

I've got a KTM 24mm spanner that's also a tyre lever, it's really good, two of these and you'll get the tyre off, but there's a knack to it and the best thing to do is practice.

[mangocrazy]

Carry a spare tube and learn how to fit it, sounds harsh, but it really is the answer.

It's a real pain getting them bloody rim locks on. And getting the wheel back in.
All without a paddock stand. And all necessary tools.

You have my sympathy. I fucking hate tubes. I remember repairing the tube on the rear wheel of my LC after coming back from watching practice at Quarter Bridge one year and seeing a nail in the tyre as I walked back. At least the LC had a centre stand, doing it solo on a bike with only a side stand would be nightmareish. And after all the hassle of fixing the puncture your hands are covered in shit and you're in a foul mood.

Tubeless tyres all day long...

[Hairybiker84]

TUbliss? Not sure if they come in the size you want, fitted one in front of the KTM EXC I had, you wouldn't know it was there, well apart from the 2 valves that is!

[Yorick]

Just put new tyre on and the nail was about 3" long.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

A small one then.

[Yorick]

A small one then.

I wouldn't want it buried in my head.

And it just ripped the tube to bits instantly.