Puncture - Wish I'd known...

Philycheesesteak

My wife ran over a drawing pin with our pushchair.

I had a cheap puncture repair kit but the patches had lost their sticky and the rubber cement wasn't doing the job on it's own when inflated.

So I went to Halfords and paid £3 for a set of patches. I still couldn't get it to seal I ended up using 3 or 4 as there ended up being a 2 holes in it...

Frustrated I thought I'd price up a new inner tube. £4 from eBay!!

Philycheesesteak

... so I bought 2

Just put the numbers on the side of the tire to get the right size.

LandyAndy

pwpevans wrote: »

... so I bought 2

Just put the numbers on the side of the tire to get the right size.

That'll keep you safe from the drawing pin menace for the foreseeable future.:)

maninthestreet

Pushchairs have pneumatic tyres????

LandyAndy

maninthestreet wrote: »

Pushchairs have pneumatic tyres????

How long have you been away?



:rotfl:

Rolandtheroadie

Come on though.
You cant allow for people that cant even fix a puncture.
Even with a new kit it took 4 patches to fix 2 holes.

Philycheesesteak

My point was it's virtually as cheap to buy a new innertube than to pay for Halfords repair kits.

Yeah the push chair has tires like a bike, it's a Phil and Ted, pretty funky bit of kit.

LandyAndy

pwpevans wrote: »

My point was it's virtually as cheap to buy a new innertube than to pay for Halfords repair kits.

Yeah the push chair has tires like a bike, it's a Phil and Ted, pretty funky bit of kit.

They don't make them like they used to.

CHR15

But the kit will repair more than one hole, well it should do but not with you at the controls lol

One Tube = £4

One kit = £3 but repairs 10 holy tubes

LandyAndy

Look out!!!!

Philycheesesteak

Thanks Andy for your Troll-like sarcasm.

There were 6 patches so yeah 6 holes it can fix. Chances are like the others I had their glue will fade the next time my wife has a drawing pin encounter.

Seems I'm the only person in the world who can't repair a bike puncture first time!!

You do look cute in your pushchair though, not sure the side mirror option was a 'must have' optional extra.