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Old 05-13-14 | 06:50 AM
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From: Hollister, CA

Bikes: Volagi, daVinci Joint Venture

Originally Posted by qcpmsame
I have a set of 3 Park Tool nested plastic tire levers as well as the tire tool that is on the IB-3 multi-tool in my underseat bag. They have gotten a few "field tests" too, so I can attest to the good feeling I get when I have a flat and open the bag to find those little darlings waiting to save the ride for me. They both are inexpensive, several manufacturers for them out there. I have a CO2 and a few extra cartridges but I am seriously considering one of the hybrid mini-pumps out. I've had to use the old dollar bill boot for a gash, it is a handy trick to know. Sorry you had to make the call, we've all been there, well most of us have

Bill
Bill, I normally have all that "stuff". Of course you can't boot a tubeless tire!. Later today I'll post a picture of the tiny kit that can be used to plug a larger hole in a tubeless; normal punctures, thorns and such, you don't even notice. I did have CO2, a tool kit, a tube: everything I needed except a tire lever. Funny thing is that because of the stories of tubeless tires being so hard to mount and dismount I had bought one (1) fancy yellow tool which I had carried in my other bag, the other 10 cent levers sitting in a tool drawer. In reality the Hutchinson Sector/Velocity rim combo turns out to be very easy to manipulate.

There are a number of cycling mistakes you only make once: forgetting cycling shorts, leaving helmet at a Starbucks (wife), FDGB on tandem, forgetting water bottle , forgetting tire levers. Unfortunately, as we get older we tend to forget what we've previously forgotten.
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