I have successfully repaired, on the side of the road, a tire cut by glass
by inserting a boot made from an old tire. The boot is essentially an
inch-long section of tire that I keep in my saddle bag for just such
purposes. It's the simplest method I know of; no glue is required. I rode
on
At 4:44 PM -0400 10/9/2001, Rod Plunkett wrote:
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
Too late - I learned that lesson the hard way - it caused me three
flats in all the same spot before I finally detected a tiny sliver of
metal wire. I had to use a pair of needlenose pliers to fish it out of
my tire.
-Rod
Alan wrote:
Just my .02 cents:
Make sure you check for the obvious -
