Originally Posted by
Laser Bomb
Does anybody use the Mr. Tuffy strips that line the inside of your tires to help prevent punctures? They do help, but I think they've eventually CAUSED a flat, because the tube pushing against the thickness of the strip at 80 psi caused the rubber to start to "split" along that edge, if that makes any sense...it's basically the reason they tell you that patches have a "tapered edge", so that there's not such an abrupt change in thickness.
Anyways, has that happened to anybody else? Is this avoidable at all?
What's the dollar bill trick???
I tried Mr Tuffy or something equivalent for a short time since they came with a wheelset I purchased. It quickly became evident that they were causing more flats than they ever prevented, for the reason you stated.
The dollar bill trick is a method of salvaging a damaged tire for limping home, by wrapping a dollar bill around the tube at the damaged spot on the tire, before re-seating the tire and re-inflating. I haven't tried it but I hear it's very effective.