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Re: roadside puncture repair
« Reply #25 on: 11 September 2018, 06:06:13 pm »
Back to topic.....had the tyre repaired locally with mushroom type repair to the inside of the tyre , did about 220 miles on sunday on repaired tyre no problems , not the neatest repair as you can still see it , past repairs ive had done have been diffacult to spot...


BRETTY .....my repair set comes with an angled adapteor with tap , screw the adaptor to the tyre valve with tap closed , screw on canister which breakes the seal on top of canister , then open tap and inflate tyre , no risk of any leaks.


also kit comes with a foam sleeve for the canisters so no chance of freezing fingers.....
« Last Edit: 11 September 2018, 06:08:59 pm by red98 »
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Re: roadside puncture repair
« Reply #26 on: 11 September 2018, 06:34:13 pm »
It's about time I got one of these.

I take it this is the fowlers kit here;
http://www.fowlers.co.uk/shop/ggm-tyre-repair-kit-1198
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Re: roadside puncture repair
« Reply #27 on: 11 September 2018, 07:49:13 pm »
Yep...thats the one buddy , best to buy now as prices going up soon  ;)
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Re: roadside puncture repair
« Reply #28 on: 11 September 2018, 08:22:21 pm »
Ta.Ordered with free delivery via UPS pick up point..Should be handy for both car and bike.  My Skoda YETI has nae spare wheel.I'm thinking this is probably preferable to the not very convincing bottle of slime provided with the car.

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Re: roadside puncture repair
« Reply #29 on: 11 September 2018, 09:23:13 pm »
I wasn't writing anything in the space :fish


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Re: roadside puncture repair
« Reply #30 on: 14 September 2018, 01:05:05 pm »

Roadside, I like tyre weld. its quick and gets you home. save all the other stuff for the garage. Never had a problem with it. the thing people don't do ( but you must ) is let the tyre right down first..its hard to do when your miles away and its raining and your making it worse. But if you don't the can and tyre equalize pressure and all the goo doesn't go in..trust the can to pump it up again, cos it does.
As for goo in the tyre, well its easy to get out(with tyre off ) or just leave it, it distributes evenly so no real balance issues after you've plugged it at home.

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Re: roadside puncture repair
« Reply #31 on: 14 September 2018, 10:39:57 pm »
I saw a chap by the road with an AA van and he was still there 30 mins later when I came back so I pulled over to see if I could help and the AA chap was using a plug kit to fix a puncture on a bike   
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Re: roadside puncture repair
« Reply #32 on: 15 September 2018, 08:45:50 am »
Stop and Go is the one I carry, worked a treat last year in France. Did 4000 miles on the repair before replacing the tyre. Normally  I carry gas cannisters to inflate, but on a trip would take a mini compressor.
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