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From: John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: First flat in a looooong time
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:38:38 +0700
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On Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:22:20 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Wed, 02 Apr 2025 04:02:53 -0400, Catrike Ryder
><Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 1 Apr 2025 23:20:38 -0400, Frank Krygowski
>><frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>>On 4/1/2025 2:19 PM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Many years ago, when commuting each work day by bike, I got a flat now
>>>> an then, too. Most often, I just patched the tube and continued my
>>>> commute. My record was something like a bit more than seven minutes,
>>>> from removing the tire to pumping up.  Ideal conditions, sunny morning,
>>>> a a clean place to do the repair, a somewhat soft tire that I could
>>>> remove with my bare hands, an easily found small puncture and, last but
>>>> not least, a fresh repair kit from TipTop. 
>>>
>>>While it didn't involve patching a tube, many years ago our bike club 
>>>put on a family-themed event in our local large metropark. Besides a 
>>>selection of rides there was a big picnic with multiple games and contests.
>>>
>>>One game was a "flat fixing contest." Again, no tube patching, but the 
>>>contestants had to start with a deflated front tire; remove the wheel, 
>>>remove the tube from the tire, re-install the tube and tire, pump the 
>>>tire up to an acceptable pressure (around 100 psi in those days), 
>>>install the wheel and re-set the brakes.
>>>
>>>The winner was the guy who was (and probably is still) considered the 
>>>best bike mechanic in our area. As I recall, it was back when "Quik 
>>>Sticks" were new on the market, which gave him an advantage over classic 
>>>tire irons; but it was still impressive to watch. He did the job in less 
>>>than a minute, IIRC.
>>>
>>>> On other occasions, I just
>>>> mounted a new tube and patched at home, later.  
>>>
>>>That's my standard procedure. It's so much easier in my shop, with the 
>>>necessary tools (including dowels for sanding anvils) all ready to go.
>>>
>>>BTW, last week I helped a young woman resurrect her mountain bike, 
>>>unused for five years, so she can begin riding to work. She told me she 
>>>needed new inner tubes because the old ones wouldn't hold air.
>>>
>>>Turns out she'd borrowed a Schrader mini pump. She didn't recognize that 
>>>it didn't fit her Presta valves. So I gave her tire irons, taught her 
>>>how to change a tube, and advised on buying the proper pump and a spare 
>>>tube, checked over the rest of the bike, etc.
>>
>>Even if that last anecdote was true, which I doubt, what was your
>>point in posting it?  It's not as though there's anyone on RBT who
>>doesn't know about the different types of tire valves and how to pick
>>the correct connection head.
>>
>>Oh wait...  I know.... it was another of your pathetic "look at me"
>>posts, this one, an attempt to convince RBT members that sometimes
>>people do accept your advice. 
>
>
>Well, well. First we had the Straw Man and now we have the Straw
>Woman... and maybe next week Straw Kids? A whole Straw Family?..


Or Strawgowsk ...............



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Cheers,

John B.