please post your stories of roadside improvisation! it may help somebody one of these days.
got a pretty massive flat today.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/macgyver/Img_1297.jpg
good size hole. not sure what i ran over, but it went out with a bang, and with the amount of damage the tire took, i couldn't just change the tube and go. so here's what i did.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/macgyver/Img_1300.jpg
in order to prevent the new tube from being exposed to the road, i used my garage key to cut up the old one and create a sleeve(two layers) to fit between the road and the naked tube.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/macgyver/Img_1298.jpg
wrapped them around the tube...
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/macgyver/Img_1299.jpg
then installed the tube like normal.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/macgyver/Img_1296.jpg
i still didn't inflate the tube to max pressure but enough to get me home without having to worry. it held up great for 20 miles, but the tire is shot.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/macgyver/Img_1301.jpg
the real heroes.
i guess i need to cut some pieces off of my old slime liners and stick those in my seat pack just for these occasions.
ADlBOO
10-17-06, 04:41 PM
Look like you ran over a presta valve... duh! JK, i know its there for reference. Thats a pretty good idea, never had anything crazy like that happen yet... *knocks on wood*
bitingduck
10-17-06, 04:41 PM
I usually carry a section of tread from an old tubular to use as a boot. You can also use an old clincher and slice off the beads.
I've also used dollar bills and clif bar wrappers. A piece of tyvek would probably also be effective.
BigSean
10-17-06, 04:42 PM
please post your stories of roadside improvisation! it may help somebody one of these days.
got a pretty massive flat today.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/macgyver/Img_1297.jpg
good size hole. not sure what i ran over, but it went out with a bang, and with the amount of damage the tire took, i couldn't just change the tube and go. so here's what i did.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/macgyver/Img_1300.jpg
in order to prevent the new tube from being exposed to the road, i used my garage key to cut up the old one and create a sleeve(two layers) to fit between the road and the naked tube.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/macgyver/Img_1298.jpg
wrapped them around the tube...
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/macgyver/Img_1299.jpg
then installed the tube like normal.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/macgyver/Img_1296.jpg
i still didn't inflate the tube to max pressure but enough to get me home without having to worry. it held up great for 20 miles, but the tire is shot.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/macgyver/Img_1301.jpg
the real heroes.
i guess i need to cut some pieces off of my old slime liners and stick those in my seat pack just for these occasions.
Way to improvise.
Mr. Beanz
10-17-06, 04:43 PM
I just carry one dollar bills to use as a boot if needed. In the past, I have handed out one dollar bills to other cylists in trouble! Reminds me, a few of those guys out there owe me a buck!:D
I had a large sidewall cut and the dollar helped me get back 10 miles. Of course I used low tire pressure. 120 would have blown the dollar right out of the tire.
merider1
10-17-06, 04:44 PM
please post your stories of roadside improvisation! it may help somebody one of these days.
Well, so far, fortunately for me and for my being female I guess, knights-in-shiny-jersey-armor have always aided in dire situations (I got my arm warmers caught and wedged in my crank - thank goodness I was going uphill at the time! - and a male cyclist I was with pulled it out and straightened the crank and chain using brute force). Although I have changed my own flats several times - but nothing needed other than the usual tools.
Extort
10-17-06, 04:48 PM
I did cut up a Slime Liner into small little pieces and always have a couple in my seatbag.
mateo44
10-17-06, 04:51 PM
Nice repair job!
BTW, the irony of getting a flat from a presta valve is killing me. Of all the things that could possibly give you a flat!
bitingduck
10-17-06, 05:05 PM
My worst flat situation like that was Day 1 of the San Diego AYH Christmas bike ride about 3 or 4 years ago-- the ride starts at 9 am but I always have my GF drop our luggage with the transport truck and then come get me at the airport (flying in from the midwest) at around 10:30. We're usually on the road by 11 and we catch up in Pine Valley (already catching stragglers by Alpine).
So we're rolling along and I suddenly have a flat. Not just a flat, but a huge sidewall tear shaped like an L (in a nearly brand new tire). A dollar bill was barely sufficient to cover the hole, so I got about 20-30 psi into it to keep the rim off the ground and we continued on, keeping an eye out for a bike shop and staring at the aneurysm in my tire. Apparently they were all behind us, because we didn't see any. The sag was probably a couple hours ahead of us, and wouldn't come looking until 5 pm or so, and we didnt have a cell phone.
As we came out of mission trails park and rolled into Santee, we saw a rider ahead going kind of slow. We followed him into a Jack in the Box parking lot, ready to buy a tire off of his bike. It turned out he was at the end of his ride and his truck was right there, with a new spare tire in the box in the bed. It turned out to be a pretty nice tire he'd gotten off a sale table and he gave it to me for $10, and then gave us a ride about 10 miles up so we'd be able to ride the rest of the way in before dark.
thomson
10-17-06, 05:19 PM
Well, so far, fortunately for me and for my being female I guess, knights-in-shiny-jersey-armor have always aided in dire situations (I got my arm warmers caught and wedged in my crank - thank goodness I was going uphill at the time! - and a male cyclist I was with pulled it out and straightened the crank and chain using brute force). Although I have changed my own flats several times - but nothing needed other than the usual tools.
I wanna hear how you got your arm warmers caught in the crank?
merider1
10-17-06, 05:32 PM
I wanna hear how you got your arm warmers caught in the crank?
By being a big 'ol dork and tying them to the back of my bike up under the seat bag. Note to everyone, do not assume that even if you tied something in a knot that it will stay! Had I been going downhill at 35mph...:eek: !
thomson
10-17-06, 05:39 PM
By being a big 'ol dork and tying them to the back of my bike up under the seat bag. Note to everyone, do not assume that even if you tied something in a knot that it will stay! Had I been going downhill at 35mph...:eek: !
Wow, yeah, that could have been bad.
I have not had anything too dramatic, broke a shifter cable once, tied the remaining cable onto my bottle cage so it would stay in the middle ring to make getting home easier. I have had field boots a few times. Being the cheap %@($% that I am, I didn't use the famed dollar bill but just picked up a piece of roadside cardboard. Little stuff like that.
tprevost
10-17-06, 07:17 PM
please post your stories of roadside improvisation! it may help somebody one of these days.
got a pretty massive flat today.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/macgyver/Img_1297.jpg
good size hole. not sure what i ran over, but it went out with a bang, and with the amount of damage the tire took, i couldn't just change the tube and go. so here's what i did.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/macgyver/Img_1300.jpg
in order to prevent the new tube from being exposed to the road, i used my garage key to cut up the old one and create a sleeve(two layers) to fit between the road and the naked tube.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/macgyver/Img_1298.jpg
wrapped them around the tube...
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/macgyver/Img_1299.jpg
then installed the tube like normal.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/macgyver/Img_1296.jpg
i still didn't inflate the tube to max pressure but enough to get me home without having to worry. it held up great for 20 miles, but the tire is shot.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/macgyver/Img_1301.jpg
the real heroes.
i guess i need to cut some pieces off of my old slime liners and stick those in my seat pack just for these occasions.
dang, you're good :p
tprevost
10-17-06, 07:18 PM
(I got my arm warmers caught and wedged in my crank - thank goodness I was going uphill at the time! - and a male cyclist I was with pulled it out and straightened the crank and chain using brute force)
M.E.... I really hope your arm wasn't in it at the time :p
Grumpy Pig
10-17-06, 07:26 PM
By being a big 'ol dork and tying them to the back of my bike up under the seat bag. Note to everyone, do not assume that even if you tied something in a knot that it will stay! Had I been going downhill at 35mph...:eek: !Everybody knows you're supposed to tie them around your neck.
merider1
10-17-06, 09:00 PM
Everybody knows you're supposed to tie them around your neck.
Really? Cause now I either tie them around my handle bars or stuff them in my bra. Either way, there is plenty of room to store them without fear of them falling down into my crank again. :D
bitingduck
10-17-06, 10:46 PM
If they untie from your handlebars they could drop into your front wheel and make you really unhappy.
Don't you have jersey pockets? I guess a lot of jerseys for girls don't--do the clothing makers think you're supposed to carry a purse on your bike or something?
jschen
10-17-06, 10:54 PM
bitingduck, maybe that's why so many of the SoCal girls have handlebar bags. :o By the way, nice avatar. Is that from your webcam?
Umm... I'm not exactly an expert on bra fitting, but if you can stuff arm warmers into a bra, doesn't that mean that you're wearing the wrong size bra?
I haven't had any need for MacGyver style repairs yet, so no funny stories from me.
Brandy
10-17-06, 11:03 PM
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Umm... I'm not exactly an expert on bra fitting, but if you can stuff arm warmers into a bra, doesn't that mean that you're wearing the wrong size bra?
According to this article (http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1208335,00.html), 70%-85% of women are wearing the wrong size bra.
bitingduck
10-17-06, 11:06 PM
It's from a regular digital camera. One of the guys (he's a local track rider here) over on FGF offered to make avatars for people now that the track season is winding down and he's got some time. I sent him some big pics of ducks and he made that and a few others.
Tiffanie
10-17-06, 11:16 PM
bitingduck, maybe that's why so many of the SoCal girls have handlebar bags. :o By the way, nice avatar. Is that from your webcam?
Umm... I'm not exactly an expert on bra fitting, but if you can stuff arm warmers into a bra, doesn't that mean that you're wearing the wrong size bra?
I haven't had any need for MacGyver style repairs yet, so no funny stories from me.
I didn't put my handlebar bag on my new bike. Trying to minimize. However, I'm finding that I don't like stuffing my jersey pockets. It's distracting! So I think the handlebar bag is on it's way back into play.
Brandy
10-17-06, 11:17 PM
maybe that's why so many of the SoCal girls have handlebar bags.
We have handlebar bags so we can stop at AM/PM and get a diet dr. pepper on the way back to preschool. :D
Tiffanie
10-17-06, 11:22 PM
We have handlebar bags so we can stop at AM/PM and get a diet dr. pepper on the way back to preschool. :D
You outed yourself! :lol:
jiiiim
10-17-06, 11:58 PM
ducks
hi dinner
Brandy
10-18-06, 12:01 AM
hi dinner
I worked at Sam Woo in a previous life and I was always ooked out when I had to go into the walk in fridge to get wine and there were ducks hanging in there. :(
bitingduck
10-18-06, 12:03 AM
According to this article (http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1208335,00.html), 70%-85% of women are wearing the wrong size bra.
And use a variety of creative solutions when they discover that...
jiiiim
10-18-06, 12:12 AM
According to this article (http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1208335,00.html), 70%-85% of women are wearing the wrong size bra.
damn i wish i could be a bra researcher! going around asking women their cup size:love:
Brandy
10-18-06, 12:13 AM
damn i wish i could be a bra researcher! going around asking women their cup size:love:
But most of them don't know! :p
dauphin
10-18-06, 12:22 AM
at McDonald's it's small med or large...at Wendys it's Biggie!
jiiiim
10-18-06, 12:26 AM
at McDonald's it's small med or large...at Wendys it's Biggie!
you forgot super size
vente at starbucks
merider1
10-18-06, 07:29 AM
According to this article (http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1208335,00.html), 70%-85% of women are wearing the wrong size bra.
:roflmao: Okay, I again make some inappropriate joke and the thread goes haywire (I hope I'm not becoming a troll). I was just kidding! You know, I "stuff in my bra cause there is sooo much room..." :rolleyes: Geesh! I don't really do that. But I really do tie them around my handle bars as I already have so much stuffed in my jersey including my cleat covers, albuterol inhaler, gels, chapstick, etc. etc. etc... I'm with you, Tiffanie, it's distracting to have all that crap poking out in the back.
jschen
10-18-06, 07:56 AM
I didn't put my handlebar bag on my new bike. Trying to minimize. However, I'm finding that I don't like stuffing my jersey pockets. It's distracting! So I think the handlebar bag is on it's way back into play.
You could always use a saddle bag.
serpico7
10-18-06, 07:57 AM
But I really do tie them around my handle bars as I already have so much stuffed in my jersey including my cleat covers, albuterol inhaler, gels, chapstick, etc. etc. etc... I'm with you, Tiffanie, it's distracting to have all that crap poking out in the back.
Tying excess clothing around your bars is asking for a disaster - if it gets loose and wedges into your front brake or fork . . . that's gonna hurt.
caligurl
10-18-06, 09:09 AM
do the clothing makers think you're supposed to carry a purse on your bike or something?
yes......
Tiffanie
10-18-06, 09:11 AM
You could always use a saddle bag.
I have one - it's full with tubes, tool, patch kit, levers, keys, etc...
caligurl
10-18-06, 09:12 AM
I didn't put my handlebar bag on my new bike. Trying to minimize. However, I'm finding that I don't like stuffing my jersey pockets. It's distracting! So I think the handlebar bag is on it's way back into play.
yep.... that's me... i HATE putting stuff into my rear pockets! the only thing i try to put there is my ipod... and when the new ones come out.... if i get one... i don't even have to do that anymore!!!! (i'll be able to clip that to my shorts or sports bra like i do the remote right now!) ya.... full carbon dura-ace bike with a handlebar bag.... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
BigSean
10-18-06, 09:13 AM
I didn't put my handlebar bag on my new bike. Trying to minimize. However, I'm finding that I don't like stuffing my jersey pockets. It's distracting! So I think the handlebar bag is on it's way back into play.
Dont do it.:eek:
Brandy
10-18-06, 09:14 AM
yep.... that's me... i HATE putting stuff into my rear pockets!
I don't like it either. Something about the feeling of things unevenly distributed back there and one side of my jersey pulling down lower than the other drives me nuts.
Brandy
10-18-06, 09:15 AM
Dont do it.:eek:
Where's she going to carry her diet dr. pepper fountain drink then?
Tiffanie
10-18-06, 09:15 AM
But, but, but... like Brandy discovered the other day, they sure come in handy when you stop at AM/PM and need a place for your ginormous soda. :lol:
caligurl
10-18-06, 09:16 AM
I'm with you, Tiffanie, it's distracting to have all that crap poking out in the back.
not to mention is looks like he!!.... makes you look all lumpy... ick!
caligurl
10-18-06, 09:17 AM
Where's she going to carry her diet dr. pepper fountain drink then?
holds 2 propel bottles too!
tiff... do what YOU want to make YOUR bike riding experience more pleasant! if you want the bag... put it on..... if YOU don't... then don't.... :D your bike... your choice!
Brandy
10-18-06, 09:19 AM
But, but, but... like Brandy discovered the other day, they sure come in handy when you stop at AM/PM and need a place for your ginormous soda. :lol:
That soda was small by my standards! :mad:
caligurl
10-18-06, 09:20 AM
what's cool, too... you just have to lean down to drink out of the straw!!!!! hmmmmmmmmm i may have to try that!!!!!!!
Brandy
10-18-06, 09:21 AM
what's cool, too... you just have to lean down to drink out of the straw!!!!! hmmmmmmmmm i may have to try that!!!!!!!
I was doing that on the way back to the preschool the other day. :o
Tiffanie
10-18-06, 09:21 AM
Engage aero position, then you don't even have to lean down! :lol:
herbm
10-18-06, 09:22 AM
what's cool, too... you just have to lean down to drink out of the straw!!!!! hmmmmmmmmm i may have to try that!!!!!!!
A longer straw would be even better!!!:D
BigSean
10-18-06, 09:47 AM
But, but, but... like Brandy discovered the other day, they sure come in handy when you stop at AM/PM and need a place for your ginormous soda. :lol: