Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 445
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From: San Diego, California
Bikes: 5 Colnago, 2 Olmo, Bianchi, 4 Austro-Daimler, Merlin, Fisher Tandem, John Waite track tandem, Schwinns, Steyrs, Bill Holland Ti path racer, Chinese prototype FS
On road bikes I like fresh tubes. On one MTB tube I had ten patches before the valve stem broke off. I use old tubes as crush spacers to secure the Krauser sidebags to the rack on my BMW R60/6. I also used tube butyl as washer material on the three lug nuts that hold the spare wheel to the rear door of my RAV4 to cure an annoying rattle caused by oversize tires.