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Riding on flat tubular tire?
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Riding on flat tubular tire?
On 6/7/2015 6:13 PM, wrote:
On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 4:49:09 PM UTC-4, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/7/2015 3:56 PM, wrote: Some fifteen years ago I got a nasty flat about twenty kilometers from home. It was a sunday afternoon and there was no chance to buy a replacement. I tried to stop motorists in the hope to have a lift. No success. I even stopped a Police patrol car but they said they were already out of their assigned route. I then walked for about a kilometer before deciding I should pedal home. So did I,very carefully,especially when taking turns, and safely. Once I got home I learned from a canadian acquaintence that, with a more conventional clincher tyre,one could profitably stuff the casing with dry grass and menage to ride with better comfort. I've heard of stuffing tires with grass, in discussions of both bicycling and motorcycling. I've never had to try it, though. The first "long" (i.e. 20 mile) ride I ever took as a cyclist was in very rural Georgia on a Sunday morning. I got a flat way out in the boondocks, and had no way to repair it. I was very lucky to come upon an ancient country store that was actually open on Sunday. I patched the tire with an automobile patch kit I bought (big thick patches) and inflated with a borrowed pump. Within a day or two, I'd spent some money at the LBS and never rode without a pump and patch kit again. -- - Frank Krygowski you're from Georgia or with the occupation ? when where was this ride ? I worked in Georgia for many years. Northwest Georgia, back in the early 1970s. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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