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  • weep

  • On no account try and fix it on your own, you need a special tool. Go to any bike shop on a Saturday morning tell them you have a puncture and ask for a long weight. They should be able to help. If not try a busier bike shop.

  • I actually feel a bit sorry for whoever started this thread!

  • throw the bike away and buy a new one

    In case you were wondering, this is the correct advise.

  • It's most probably a unipack in which case it is the right advice.
    Unlesss this thread is just a really good joke?

  • I once had a puncture, i remember it well, it was a year or two ago now, long before i found this forum, looking back, the answer was staring me in the face but at the time i couldnt see it, didnt know what to do, i felt all alone, a little upset.

    anyway, the puncture was in the innertube, only a small hole, but enough to let out some air, which was problematic, as i wanted very much to ride my bike, but couldnt.

    anyway, the days passed by, autum turned to winter, winter to spring, spring to summer, summer to autum, autum to winter, winter to spring, spring to summer.

    then it struck me, fix the fucking thing, replace the innertube, pump it up, get a puncture repair kit, fix the old tube and use it as a spare.

    so fuckingly simple!

    then i got another puncture, i remember it well, it was a year or two ago now, long before i found this forum, looking back, the answer was staring me in the face but at the time i couldnt see it, didnt know what to do, i felt all alone, a little upset.

    anyway, the puncture was in the innertube, only a small hole, but enough to let out some air, which was problematic, as i wanted very much to ride my bike, but couldnt.

    anyway, the days passed by, autum turned to winter, winter to spring, spring to summer, summer to autum, autum to winter, winter to spring, spring to summer.

    then it struck me, fix the fucking thing, replace the innertube, pump it up, get a puncture repair kit, fix the old tube and use it as a spare.

    so fuckingly simple

    and so on.

  • my front tyres flat , so what you advise me to do
    get new inner tube
    get puncture kit
    take shop and pay riddiculous price ?

    cheers .

    You must be joking?

  • throw the bike away and buy a new one

    +1

  • I think now would be an appropriate time for me to go and have a poo.

  • puncture repair is a myth

  • Be carefull not to focus on the wrong issue as that could waste time!
    This is a small matter of displacement. the air inside your tube wanted to leave, it felt being inside that tube was exposing itself to a pressure higher than its fellow air element friends on the outside.

    Don't fight it, don't go to such lengths trying to force the air into that tiny tube, instead remove all the surrounding air elements and allow the air to realise in its own time, the inside of that tube is a good place to be.

  • is it a fixed gear tyre?

  • nah a fixie one

  • best every thread

  • just a thought, could it become a unicycle conversion? if its still got one good innertube/tyre combo, there are some details on www.gotaflattyre?thencoverttoaunicycle.com

  • you see your problem is that there is a hole in your tube which is letting all the air out.
    my suggestion,

    sellotape.

  • those green tires any use?? anyone ever used them?
    saw them before in some Japanese video where it popped off after a skid and he just poped it back on

  • are they any good??

  • not as good as the blue ones

  • thank you for your wisdom

  • that is quite all right - here to help…

  • I'd ride on it. After all, it's only flat at the bottom.

  • More grip, innit

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