Re: [St] Not quite a tire thread.......

["Rupert Galea" <rgalea@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:30 PM, John Ulizzi <jaulizzi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> George,
>
>  You want three things. First, go get the Plug and go
>  compact kit. Not sure if that is the exact name or
>  not, but its close. They have a mushroom plug that
>  inserts from the outside and then spreads out, like a
>  toggle bolt, on the inside of the tire, and an
>  ingenoius little tool to get it in there. This is your
>  most expensive purchase, at about $40. Aerostitch has
>  them. Next, get a cheap regular rope patch kit, throw
>  that stuff in the plug and go  bag, that's another
>  $3-5 bucks. And also a pressure gauge. Now go buy a
>  small, cheap 12v compressor from a place like Harbor
>  Frieght. Their's in particular works great for this
>  application. Another $6-7 bucks.

Plug and Go kits with mushroom plugs work well if the hole was made
with something nail like.

The sticky rope kits work well if you have a small slit.

I went with a compressor. See
http://www.rgalea.com/bikes/inflator/index.html

Rupert
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