Remember monkey grip patch kits?
03-10-13 | 05:56 PM
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Sadly, most patch kits these days don't work very well at all, unless you really pay attention while purchasing them. I cannot count how many times I have been in a bind, and a cheap patch let air escape from underneath, out from the side. The ones I have found work the best, have the orange ring around the outside of the patch. Otherwise, I just replace the tube and go on my way. Furthermore, I no longer even consider purchasing a bicycle tire that has no form of flat protection.,,,,BD
03-10-13 | 06:48 PM
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From: Pittsburgh, PA
Bikes: '96 Litespeed Catalyst, '05 Litespeed Firenze, '06 Litespeed Tuscany, '20 Surly Midnight Special, All are 3x10. It is hilly around here!
+1 Yes, the patches with the orange ring are Remas and are reliable both with their own cement and even with plain old Elmers Rubber Cement from Office Max. I guess there are a lot of second rate patches available at the various X-Marts but Remas are the class act.
03-10-13 | 07:24 PM
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Yeah, nice blanket statement, buddy. Go buy a Wal Mart patch kit, and use it the next time you're stuck in a bad neighborhood. I did it right, and it didn't adhere. The patch was so stiff the edges started to lift from just installing it.,,,,BD
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03-10-13 | 07:35 PM
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i guess i'm old, too. national cash register. years ago i started seeing ncr paperwork- invoices, chequebooks, etc. saw ncr on an order form and asked what was up with a cash register. told it meant no carbon required, meaning co carbon paper between original and copy (ies).
03-10-13 | 07:36 PM
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Bikes: '96 Litespeed Catalyst, '05 Litespeed Firenze, '06 Litespeed Tuscany, '20 Surly Midnight Special, All are 3x10. It is hilly around here!
Read my posting above this one. Remas work, the others are a crap shoot.
03-10-13 | 07:39 PM
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It will never disappear but people won't (and most already don't) know its origin. We still use many phrases that we know what they mean but few have any idea where they came from:
"Lock, stock and barrel"
"Three sheets to the wind"
"A flash in the pan"
"Being put through the wringer"
And of somewhat more recent vintage:
"Dial a phone"
"You sound like a broken record"
There are lots more.
"Lock, stock and barrel"
"Three sheets to the wind"
"A flash in the pan"
"Being put through the wringer"
And of somewhat more recent vintage:
"Dial a phone"
"You sound like a broken record"
There are lots more.
Roll down your window. My nephew was blown away by my windy-down windows in the van.
When I was 6 (45 years ago!), my dad showed me how to patch tubes with a Monkey Grip kit. Chemical though, no fire. Pity.
03-10-13 | 07:44 PM
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Dashboard. It dates from the horse & buggy days. The board in front that stopped the mud from dashing up on you.
Roll down your window. My nephew was blown away by my windy-down windows in the van.
When I was 6 (45 years ago!), my dad showed me how to patch tubes with a Monkey Grip kit. Chemical though, no fire. Pity.
Roll down your window. My nephew was blown away by my windy-down windows in the van.
When I was 6 (45 years ago!), my dad showed me how to patch tubes with a Monkey Grip kit. Chemical though, no fire. Pity.
03-10-13 | 08:03 PM
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I remember Monkey grip patch kits very well. When I first started in the bike biz in NYC, the hot patches were on their way out, though lots of folks used to swear by them.
We used to sell multiple thousands of the little Monkey Grip kits in a small cardboard box every year. So many that we would simply cut the top off a case of 100 and keep it right by the old NCR. They sold for less than half a buck retail, inc. tax, and featured in one of our worst days ever.
It was the day of the Snowstorm that cost Mayor Lindsay his job. The snow was already half a foot and coming down fast. the only reason we were there was because we didn't know if we could get home. In walks our only customer of the day. You got it, a Monkey grip patch kit. Big sale of the day 49 cents. Remember it like it was yesterday.
We used to sell multiple thousands of the little Monkey Grip kits in a small cardboard box every year. So many that we would simply cut the top off a case of 100 and keep it right by the old NCR. They sold for less than half a buck retail, inc. tax, and featured in one of our worst days ever.
It was the day of the Snowstorm that cost Mayor Lindsay his job. The snow was already half a foot and coming down fast. the only reason we were there was because we didn't know if we could get home. In walks our only customer of the day. You got it, a Monkey grip patch kit. Big sale of the day 49 cents. Remember it like it was yesterday.
i looked it up, feb 10, 1969. whoaaaaaaaaaa.
took some doing but i remember where i was then- fort polk, louisiana.
03-10-13 | 08:19 PM
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Bikes: '96 Litespeed Catalyst, '05 Litespeed Firenze, '06 Litespeed Tuscany, '20 Surly Midnight Special, All are 3x10. It is hilly around here!
My daughter's former car was a mid-90's bare bones Mazda 323 with wind-down windows. Her daughter (~8 years old at the time) had friends who had never seen them before and were amazed when shown how they worked.
03-10-13 | 08:40 PM
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Bikes: too many bikes from 1967 10s (5x2)Frejus to a Sumitomo Ti/Chorus aluminum 10s (10x2), plus one non-susp mtn bike I use as my commuter
I might have been there with you, except that I failed the pre-induction physical the year before.
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