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Puncture resistant bicycle tyres?

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  • kinger101
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    Another vote for Scwalbe Marathon, but I also have some Vreidestein ones on my hybrid that have served me well.  I'm not sure from OP whether you were attempting to fix puncture on the go, but carrying a spare tube is much easier (you can still repair the punctured one when you're back home if you wish).

    "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius
  • Norman_Castle
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    fred246 said:
    You end up with Slime in your pump, inside the tyre, blocking the valve. You can't easily mend the puncture with Slime coming out. I did wonder about carrying the tube of Slime for emergency use but in the end hated the stuff so much I was happy with just the Marathon Plus.
    I had similar problems with Wilkos version of slime. It caused more problems than it solved.
  • Ballard
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    kinger101 said:
    Another vote for Scwalbe Marathon, but I also have some Vreidestein ones on my hybrid that have served me well.  I'm not sure from OP whether you were attempting to fix puncture on the go, but carrying a spare tube is much easier (you can still repair the punctured one when you're back home if you wish).

    I know that it's far from green but I never repair inner tubes. I'm not great at it (particularly out on the street without a bowl of water) and it's inexpensive to just replace it. In general I do try to be environmentally friendly though (not having a car is probably my best example).
  • fred246
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    I went through a period of not repairing inner tubes. I think someone had given me a rubbish puncture repair kit. I then discovered Rema Tip Top. I do fantastic repairs with those kits. Totally air tight. Always carry a spare inner tube and repair at home. Kits are all German made. Just buy patches and glue separately from eBay. Inner tubes last me years now 
  • Ballard said:
    kinger101 said:
    Another vote for Scwalbe Marathon, but I also have some Vreidestein ones on my hybrid that have served me well.  I'm not sure from OP whether you were attempting to fix puncture on the go, but carrying a spare tube is much easier (you can still repair the punctured one when you're back home if you wish).

    I know that it's far from green but I never repair inner tubes. I'm not great at it (particularly out on the street without a bowl of water) and it's inexpensive to just replace it. In general I do try to be environmentally friendly though (not having a car is probably my best example).

    You can get stick on patches that will fix you on the road side (just inflate the tube and listen for the air escaping) - added bonus is if you are careful, you can line up the tube and tyre and look for anything embedded in the tyre that will cause another puncture!
    If you don't want to repair them you can send them to places that recycle them, I saw some wallets made from them on sales recently, not sure of the economics of sending them to Africa to stitch and re-import but it must work. I normally wait and do a batch of 10 or so in one go though so it's more of a production line and less hassle than doing 1-2
  • Ballard
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    That’s interesting about the recycling option. I shall investigate. 
  •  having decent tyre levers and a bit of washing-up liquid for lubrication is useful.

    This can cause rust - use French chalk or talcum powder instead. 
  • nottsphil said:
     having decent tyre levers and a bit of washing-up liquid for lubrication is useful.

    This can cause rust - use French chalk or talcum powder instead. 
    Using tyre levers to get the tyre back on is a revelation I recently found, I didn't realise you can flip them and lever the tyre back on - some good tools are therefore handy! A tyre jack like the Kool Stop one I have also works well with difficult tyres, better than talc or washing-up liquid
  • Forgot i made this thread. Haven't done much cycling for the past month or so due to the weather. Still, nice to revisit the thread and go over other folks input :)
  • I'm umming about putting on the studded tyres, around 2C this morning and a few spots of frost obvious, a cold winter would just sum up 2020!
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