Originally Posted by
rekmeyata
By the way, my secret to fixing flats fast goes like this. In order for this to work you need to be able to find the penetration point in the tire, which I can do about 75 to 80% of the time.
So assuming I found the penetration point I don't take the wheel off the bike, front or rear it doesn't matter, the wheel stays on. I simply remove half of one side of the bead with the hole in the center of that half, then pull about a 4th of the tube out with the hole in the center of that 1/4th, stretch the tube, width and length wise if necessary to find the hole, patch like you would normally do, reinstall, easy peasy.
That assumption, that you can find the penetration point, bites me in the a$$ about 90% of the time. Broken glass shards look an awful lot like harmless limestone chips outside the tire. Michelin wires are almost invisible. But for the other 5-10%, the logging staple, the sheet metal screw, the big nail, that tip can work great.