Puncture - Wish I'd known...

red_eye

tyre slime will stop future puntures. well as i found out on my bike when you split the tube it makes a big green stick gooey mess but good stuff for £5 bottle http://www.slime.com/

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

I don't think you understand how a puncture repair outfit works.

The cement is not glue, and will hold nothing when in liquid form. What you are supposed to do is clean the area, cover it in a thin film of cement, wait 5 minutes for the cement to become tacky and dry, and then apply the patch. Then give it another 5 minutes, before reinstalling.

johnfarquhar74

and in addition to the above, the glue/cement acts more llike a gasket. If you apply the patch to the tube and get it back in the tyre without it moving about too much, the pressure between the inner-tube and tyre wall when inflated will hold the patch in place all by itself, the glue just stops the low pressure air escaping before the inner-tube reaches the trye wall!

red_eye

have you tryed to pull off a patch? vulcanising gunk is the same that we use for car tyre patches they have no innertube

maninthestreet

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.

Does it have aircon, satnav and bluetooth?

Greatgimp

LandyAndy wrote: »

Isn't that a chopped down bedstead?

plane_boy2000

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.

Funky - yes, quality kit.....no!

Just spent 12 months battling to get ours replaced after it fell apart so many times. Managed to get an exchange for a mountain buggy in the end - much better quality - just a shame its not a twin in line

ukjoel

My mrs wanted one of these.
Decent buggies but spare bits are a bit dear.

3 new tryes along with inner tubes and postage from the official site came to £55.

Had green slime in all three of ours and still seemed to get more than our fair share of punctures.

sickparrot

Trouble with green slime is it clogs up the valves and causes them to leak, so you have to periodically strip the valves down to clean them out.

Philycheesesteak

ukjoel wrote: »

My mrs wanted one of these.
Decent buggies but spare bits are a bit dear.

3 new tryes along with inner tubes and postage from the official site came to £55.

Had green slime in all three of ours and still seemed to get more than our fair share of punctures.

I was concerned about that... but as mentioned innertubes from ebay are £4 inc postage... the chances of the tires ripping for the time you'll use it is rare. There might be better pushchairs but if you have twins or two close together (or plan) to I defy anyone to find a better dual pushchair which fits neatly in your boot.

We did buy a rain cover and later a UV cover (which is better than a parasol).

Don't do what I did though and go on holiday and forget the clip on rear seat...