On Monday, September 10, 2001 at 16:44, Rod Plunkett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote on "[obc] Fixing Cut Tires," saying..
> I hate posting this when the list is so busy, but I need
> some advice.
> As luck would have it, I hit some glass last week...you know
> the sound - pss-pss-pss-pss - on each revolution (some punk
> dunderhead threw a beer bottle on Strandherd Rd). I changed
> tubes and road home. I went out again yesterday and had
> another flat just west of Stittsville - I found a cut in the
> tire (which I did not notice when I changed the tube). It is
> not a huge hole, but evidently big enough for my tube to
> squeeze through and cause a second flat. It is a Specialized
> tire and there is still substantial tread left on it. I had
> one of those clear vinyl pads with adhesive on it that I
> used to get me home, but it is marked "for temporary use
> only". Is there a way to repair the tire, or should I just
> cut my losses and replace it?
I've handled cut tires by using fibreglass tape cross-hatched across
it. So far, so good...
Tom
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