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Push bike slow puncture. can i use a car tin foam filler ?
steve m - 15/8/09 at 07:37 AM

I am not sure what they are called but the "spare wheel in a can" type of thing

Daughters bike has two slow puncture's so i thought of using and old can that was knocking about (literally !!) in the boot

can i ??

regards

steve

[Edited on 15/8/09 by steve m]


bilbo - 15/8/09 at 07:41 AM

The stuff's called 'tyreweld', but I'm not sure if you can use it on bicycles though?

Ah, wait. They do a special version here:
linky


StevieB - 15/8/09 at 07:42 AM

Probably just as cheap to buy a new inner tube.

Inner tube repair kits are even cheaper though, and really easy to use.


steve m - 15/8/09 at 07:50 AM

I am not funding her inner tubesm as she owes me £££ anyway, i was just thinking of an easy fix

plus she is 27 !!


adithorp - 15/8/09 at 07:51 AM

Just fix them. Easiest is to stick new tubes in especially if they're old/cheap tubes that are in.
If you can't manage that how are you building a car?

adrian


steve m - 15/8/09 at 08:01 AM

"If you can't manage that how are you building a car? "

<<<< on the road in 1999 ??
10 years on the road, in fact so long ago i cant remember how to build !

and as i said, daughter owes me 1000's so im not funding two inner tubes, but i dont mind fitting them

AND DAUGHTER IS 27, if it had been for my Grandson, i wouldnt have even thought about any cost

[Edited on 15/8/09 by steve m]


02GF74 - 15/8/09 at 09:20 AM

check the tyre for alien objects, usually easier by running your finges over the inside of the tyre.

beware you don't cut yourself.


adithorp - 15/8/09 at 09:55 AM

quote:
Originally posted by steve m
"If you can't manage that how are you building a car? "

<<<< on the road in 1999 ??
10 years on the road, in fact so long ago i cant remember how to build !

and as i said, daughter owes me 1000's so im not funding two inner tubes, but i dont mind fitting them

AND DAUGHTER IS 27, if it had been for my Grandson, i wouldnt have even thought about any cost

[Edited on 15/8/09 by steve m]


Sorry mate. Didn't have all the facts when I started typing but understand now!

adrian


Ninehigh - 15/8/09 at 10:54 AM

Milk, unscrew the valve and pour some milk in then get her to keep spinning them for an hour or so while it turns into cheese. Would be better to do on a sunny day though.

How's that for locost? 28p for a pint isn't it?


D Beddows - 15/8/09 at 11:04 AM

Surely if no one can be bothered to pay a whole £2ish for a puncture repair kit you may as well just stick it in and if it doesn't work you can argue about why no one could be bothered to spend £2 to do it properly afterwards!


bob - 15/8/09 at 01:15 PM

Steve you are one tight git

Tesco value puncture repair kit £1 last time i purchased one.

Actually quick edit to say i am sure i have seen the value repair kits for 50p

[Edited on 15/8/09 by bob]


Ninehigh - 15/8/09 at 01:27 PM

quote:
Originally posted by bob
Steve you are one tight git

Tesco value puncture repair kit £1 last time i purchased one.

Actually quick edit to say i am sure i have seen the value repair kits for 50p

[Edited on 15/8/09 by bob]


Yeah but then she'll owe him £1000.50


RK - 15/8/09 at 03:02 PM

I am fairly certain that she can sue you for all you've got if you don't repair this adequately for her. I suggest a new tube. This is the easiest solution if you won't do the find-the hole-provided-it's-the-only-one, patch/glue procedure.


rusty nuts - 15/8/09 at 08:03 PM

Tell her to get a puncture repair kit and you will show her how to do it.


gazza285 - 15/8/09 at 08:42 PM

Buy her a car you cheap git!


Staple balls - 16/8/09 at 01:24 AM

quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
check the tyre for alien objects, usually easier by running your finges over the inside of the tyre.

beware you don't cut yourself.


Be *very* careful depending on your area, on a few occasions I've found broken off hypodermic needles in bike tyres.


steve m - 16/8/09 at 07:56 AM

Problem solved, daughter has her bike back with two flat tyres,
and wife has a nice gleeming new bike

Wife happy
Daughter not

perhaps she will get the message ???