Garage infestation - help please

IanTrcp

My errrrr.... friends garage appears to be playing host to a full blown p*ncture fairy infestation. The clearest sign of this is two overnight "garage p*nctures" within the last week. The most recent of which caused me sorry him to have to time trial 25k this morning so as not to be late for a Sunday morning meet/ride. He's very concerned because his garage is home to quite a few bikes (7 actually - both he and his wife ride MTB and road) so the challenge of containing said infestation is not trivial.

His best guess is that infestation occurred when he was asked to look after a friends bike for a few nights after said friend suffered an injury whilst out riding. The contaminated De Rosa only spent 48hrs in the garage, but it looks as though that was enough.

What can he do? Does he have to inform DEFRA? The prospect of seeing his garage/workshop surrounded by HazMat tape while the stench of burning carbon fibre from the enforced pyre in his garden hangs heavily in the air is too much for him to bear.

But two garage p*nctures in one week is unbearable also. Just what can I advise him to do.....? If the worst comes to the worst is EEC compensation a possibility?

Anonymous

Sounds like the inner tube was not put in properly and was caught under the bead of the tyre causing a puncture. Or something in the tyre still causing it.

Jay dubbleU

Either that or its time to call Ghostbusters :roll:

Kenjaja1

Please advise your friend to keep all the doors and windows of his garage securely locked and that he must not go inside again - ever. This will not solve his problem but it will mean one or more of the little critters wil not be free to molest any of the rest of us.
(He should think of it as a service to the cycling community)

Stewie Griffin

Perhaps your "friends" garage (and therefore probably his House too) has been built on some ancient burial ground and "they" arent happy at having been disturbed. Just a guess really but its possible.

term1te

Until they develop a vaccine, mass slaughter is the only way to contain this. Some of the hardier northern breeds show some resistance, so he may need to invest in a Storck? Having heard some rumours about the last but one foot and mouth outbreak I'd keep away from certain veterinary colleges, or perhaps in this case engineering departments.

Crapaud

Faced with an abundant food source of 7 sets of wheels, the number of PFs will grow exponentially and could put cycling back centuries. Nuke your friend's garage NOW! It's the only way to be sure.

Kenjaja1

Crapaud wrote:

Faced with an abundant food source of 7 sets of wheels, the number of PFs will grow exponentially and could put cycling back centuries. Nuke your friend's garage NOW! It's the only way to be sure.

But they might mutate - like in a thousand Hollywood 'B' movies :shock: What is worse we will have no idea what they will mutate into until it is too late. Maybe they will become beings that eat complete tyres - maybe Michelin had an infestation and all the Krylions got eaten. Could that be what happened to the Krylion?

Finbar Saunders

I'm licensed to handle that sort of stuff......ask your friend to send me all of the bikes and a cheque for £357 and I will quarantine and "dispose" of the contaminated items. For an extra £734 I will come over and fumigate the garage and certify it ready to accept new stock. Start looking around now, he should be able to to get new bikes in a couple months. Don't worry about the paper work, I'll handle all of that as a favour....no extra charge.

passout

A Marathon Plus should see off those pesky demons!...?

peanut

if its that contagious the garage needs to be quaranteened .

nickcuk

I think this is the plot for the next 'Haunting in Connetticut'