How to bodge a punture? (no patches on me)

Posted on Fri 12th, December 2008

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• #26

scaryeire

Dont go anywhere, stay at home and chastise yourself for not having a kit in your bag.

Peace
• #27

The_Seldom_Killer

ask another cyclist very nicely :-) Id give someone a patch if they were to ask... no biggie!

True,

I've handed out about 25 tubes over the years and patched dozens more (or more accurately done all the hard work for fools without equipment).

Mind you I can't condemn too much, I punctured 50 miles from home today, only to find my pump doesn't actually work and the town I was riding up on was devoid of a bike shop. Had to suffer the ignominy of hanging around for my gf to home and pick me up. In such situations I advise drowning one's sorrows in coffee, cake and beer in that order.
• #28

me

hold a lighter over the hole & pinch together, it's never worked for me but I've seen it done

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