Flat fix on the go?
06-24-08 | 08:23 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 263
Likes: 0
From: St. Louis, MO
Bikes: Steelman road bike, '81 Schwinn Le Tour single speed,
Flat fix on the go?
So I just got my first SS, and I really enjoy riding it. It just begs to be ridden, hop on it and go. Not having quick release skewers, is there a practical way to have a flat fix kit and use it on the road? I'd like to ride distances with the bike, but I'd hate to get 15mi out and then have to walk home due to a flat. What do you guys do?
06-24-08 | 08:41 PM
#3
gridlock junky
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 201
Likes: 0
From: Los Angeles
Bikes: 1944 JC Higgens Cruiser, 1988 Univega Aero Speed, 1993 GT Ricochet, 2005 Electra Cruiser, 2006 Cervelo Dual, 2007 IRO Mark V
a surly jethro tool is an extravagant way to have both a wrench and a bottle opener at all times...
06-25-08 | 12:08 AM
#6
Banned.
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 5,543
Likes: 0
From: In the stomach of a whale. :beer:
Bikes: Lemond Fillmore, Cmofalge black baby
carry along an extra bike... one that weighs less than ~ 20lbs or so. Heavier spares are probably more trouble than they're worth on long rides ... (unless of course you get a flat - in which case weight is no longer an issue).
06-25-08 | 03:49 AM
#8
Senior Member
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 280
Likes: 0
From: SE Wisconsin
Bikes: 1994 Trek 1200, 1984 Raleigh Prestige, 1980 Motobecane Grand Jubile, custom 531 track, and a bunch of tinker bikes of all type
from https://www.sheldonbrown.com/velos.html
Its a hub tool, spoke wrench and beer opener!
Just got done restoring (which in my definition is cleaning the **** out of and repacking/greasing/installing everything frame up) a '73 Motobecane Grand Jubile, so it's fresh on my mind, that page.
But seriously to answer your question... I had a little multitool (not a Leatherman, I have one of those too..) that was a cheap adjustable wrench with foldout phillips and flathead screwdrivers. That and a small little 5 and 6mm allen key (stack bolts, pedals, quill stem, bars, seat, seatpost) fit in my saddle sack or my backpack always and yes its a sin to use an adjustable wrench on a bike, but if you're ****ed, the thing would remove my 15mm track nuts when set all the way open. I sufficed.
Last edited by cizzlak; 06-25-08 at 03:53 AM. Reason: elaboration
06-25-08 | 05:51 AM
#9
Member
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 40
Likes: 0
I call my girlfriend to come and get me. Seriously, I ride with a jacket/backpack/jersey with full pockets whenever I have to get somewhere on time. If I'm out on a novelty ride I don't worry about it too much, sometimes a nice walk is just that.
