Spending my whole life mending punctures...

BeenieCat

... on my son's 16" bike.

He can't seem to go more than a day without getting a puncture and it's driving me round the bend! The cause of these punctures are generally thorns, i have no idea how he manages them so often as i don't even know where said thorn bushes are, but he does!

So seemingly telling him to avoid certain areas doesn't work as he'll find some stray glass or thorns ANYWHERE! He's the only kid round here who gets them so often :rolleyes:

So... i'm useless at mending punctures, and it's such a hassle - i've bought a few spare inner tubes but some of them have that many punctures i've given up on them and thrown them out. At £5 a tube it's not too bad but i refuse to buy anymore!

So, after some googling i discovered that you can get tyre sealant gels, or something - has anyone tried these, and how did you find them, not totally sure how they work - do you squirt it into the inner tube and it coats it or something?

Otherwise, any better ideas, that are cheaper?!

dieselhead

When I was a teenager my parents fitted both mine and my brothers bikes with solid rubber tyres, problem solved, I have no idea if you can still buy them though.

Inactive

When I was 16 I fixed my own punctures, and everything else that went wrong with my bike.

BeenieCat

My son is 6! His bike is 16" wheels.

diesel i've never seen solid tyres, i had wondered if they'd exist though :rotfl:

mrbadexample

Inactive wrote: »

When I was 16 I fixed my own punctures, and everything else that went wrong with my bike.

Congratulations. However, since we don't know the age of the OP's son, perhaps this might help.

There are a number of products including self-healing inner tubes, and anti-puncture shields. Perhaps something there may be of some use?

Either that or wait for tomstickland to come along and help. I'm sure he rides bikes.

Inactive

BeenieCat wrote: »

My son is 6! His bike is 16" wheels.

diesel i've never seen solid tyres, i had wondered if they'd exist though :rotfl:

Whoops sorry, ( must read posts properly ).:o

dieselhead

http://www.greentyre.co.uk/bike.html

There you go tyres without air! They come in different colours too!

BeenieCat

£16.95!! :eek: They're way out of my price range i'm afraid! Especially as he'll grow out of the bike in a year or so.

matty538

I first thought slime!! but im not sure if they still do it.
I used this stuff when i raced downhill an it was excellent, it was as the name suggests a green slimey goo which you put in the tyre an when you got a puncture it sealed itself, surly there must still be a similar product on the market.

vaio

BeenieCat wrote: »

£16.95!! :eek:They're way out of my price range i'm afraid! Especially as he'll grow out of the bike in a year or so.

wouldn't have thought 16 quid would have bought may tubes & repair kits and that's before you factor in time, hassle and bruised fingers

Sounds like a bargain to me

ukjoel

Hia,
We used slime on ours and to be honest is pretty good , especially with the smaller punctures.

We also used in our kids off road buggy after getting 3 punctures in the space of two weeks and have not had any since then (9 months).

Halfords sell it (green slime) but you can find it cheaper using the ebay sellers.