Good luck with that...

_Brun_
_Brun_ Posts: 1,740
edited March 2010 in Commuting chat
Just popped out for lunch, and on the way back walked past some bloke outside Evans who appeared to be attempting to fix a puncture without removing his hub-geared back wheel from the frame.

I thought I'd give him the benefit of the doubt, realising it's possible to repair a tube without taking the wheel off, even though his close-fitting full length guards looked like they might make things very awkward. However, I saw a mate heading back in that direction, and apparently ten minutes later the chap had managed to insert the valve of a new tube into the wheel and was trying to work out how to get it past the frame.

Can't help but wonder how he's getting on.

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  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    Nip back out there and check. Offer a helping hand will ya :shock: :wink:
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    You could lend him a pair of scissors.

    This way he could cut the tube and feed it through.

    Simples.
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  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    Two things:
    1) presumably you mean he was trying to change the tube, since I nearly always mend my punctures without taking the wheel off.
    2) In my dim distant memory I seem to have a recollection of striaight tubes being available ie non-circular so that you can replace the tube without taking off the wheel. Did I imagine it?
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    He needs a cobra tube unless it was 700c rim.
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  • soy_sauce
    soy_sauce Posts: 987
    he could just patch-up the tube instead of trying to replace it with a new one, he could do that without taking the wheel off.
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  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    will3 wrote:
    Two things:
    1) presumably you mean he was trying to change the tube, since I nearly always mend my punctures without taking the wheel off.
    2) In my dim distant memory I seem to have a recollection of striaight tubes being available ie non-circular so that you can replace the tube without taking off the wheel. Did I imagine it?

    Now that is a strange but good idea!
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  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    Why are people replying without having read my post properly? It's very rude.

    F#@king internet.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    linsen wrote:
    will3 wrote:
    Two things:
    1) presumably you mean he was trying to change the tube, since I nearly always mend my punctures without taking the wheel off.
    2) In my dim distant memory I seem to have a recollection of striaight tubes being available ie non-circular so that you can replace the tube without taking off the wheel. Did I imagine it?

    Now that is a strange but good idea!

    google cobra tube
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  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    linsen wrote:
    will3 wrote:
    Two things:
    1) presumably you mean he was trying to change the tube, since I nearly always mend my punctures without taking the wheel off.
    2) In my dim distant memory I seem to have a recollection of striaight tubes being available ie non-circular so that you can replace the tube without taking off the wheel. Did I imagine it?

    Now that is a strange but good idea!
    I had a recollection of those also. I concluded that the reality must be as practical as tubeless tyres, for the obvious reason that if either actually were any good, they'd be in common use.
  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    nicklouse wrote:
    linsen wrote:
    will3 wrote:
    Two things:
    1) presumably you mean he was trying to change the tube, since I nearly always mend my punctures without taking the wheel off.
    2) In my dim distant memory I seem to have a recollection of striaight tubes being available ie non-circular so that you can replace the tube without taking off the wheel. Did I imagine it?

    Now that is a strange but good idea!

    google cobra tube

    I did, I see you can, never seen one in a shop - are they practical?
  • kelsen
    kelsen Posts: 2,003
    You're all wrong! He was obviously using Möbius tyres and a set compatible tubes.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6bius_strip
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    _Brun_ wrote:
    Why are people replying without having read my post properly? It's very rude.

    F#@king internet.

    You should d-lock the cunts!
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  • soy_sauce
    soy_sauce Posts: 987
    _Brun_ wrote:
    Why are people replying without having read my post properly? It's very rude.

    F#@king internet.

    oops... sorry. :oops:
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