Best way to fold and carry a tubular tire?
05-30-12, 11:04 AM
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I've been using this same orange tire as a spare for years. It always reminds me that my spare is mounted and I need to swap it back to spare service. I've also got a steel tire spoon stuck in there to help me get the flat tire off the rim.
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Thanks to everyone who posted pictures and ideas on how to fold and carry a tubular tire.
DiabloScott, great tutorial on the folding technique. I tried it and it works great.
Iab & JohnDThompson, thanks for posting pictures of your Cinelli tire bag. I wish I could get my hands on one of those. I tried to copy that leather bag with some buck skin leather scraps and my wife's sewing machine. A pic posted below. Obviously I need to dial in the size and proportion better. I think I will lace a leather tie string at the top and call it good. I am not sure if my wife is going to let me do this again. She was grumbling something about ruining her good sewing machine by sewing leather.
DiabloScott, great tutorial on the folding technique. I tried it and it works great.
Iab & JohnDThompson, thanks for posting pictures of your Cinelli tire bag. I wish I could get my hands on one of those. I tried to copy that leather bag with some buck skin leather scraps and my wife's sewing machine. A pic posted below. Obviously I need to dial in the size and proportion better. I think I will lace a leather tie string at the top and call it good. I am not sure if my wife is going to let me do this again. She was grumbling something about ruining her good sewing machine by sewing leather.
