No quick-release wheels. Puncture repair strategy?

bikeboon

Hi, got wheels that are bolted on, but for some reason still carrying the puncture kit and a spare tube with me. Changing the tube is probably not an option, and finding a puncture and patching it up without removing the wheel sounds fiddly.

What do ppl do in a similar situation?

PS Dahon folding bike.

Thanks.

jeremyrundle

Buy quick release wheels or qr skewers :!:

Don't forget that you can use the same "foam filler" spray that that cars use, screws into the valve and goes in under pressure, the tube will have to be disposed of but it will get you to work and back in an emergency.

jamesco

Changing the tube is an option. My hybrid has bolt-on wheels; my puncture repair kit includes a piece of sheet steel with various nut sizes cut out (calling it a spanner would be dignifying it too much!) to remove the wheel. Not flash, not big, but it works.

You could repair a tube without taking the wheel off, but you couldn't swap it.

nicklouse

take the correct tools with you.

or
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/sidewinder-shopsidewinder/

teulk

Its not that fiddly fixing a puncture without taking the wheel off. Take the tyre off one side ( as you would normally) pull the tube out - obvously you cant take it away from the bike as the wheel is still on. Pump air into the tube and listen / look for the hole. Once found patch and replace the tube. Re seat the tyre and inflate.

H*Bomb

Do you have bolt on wheels for fear of getting them stolen, or do they just happen to be bolt on and you have not switched to skewers?

bikeboon

nicklouse wrote:

take the correct tools with you.

or
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/sidewinder-shopsidewinder/

Great idea, thanks.