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I'm sure this is not new to most of you, but I thougt I'd make a thread and post some photos in the hopes of saving AZ MTBers some cash.
Background:
A while back I ran into Ronnie (forgot his screen name) on National after pinch flatting on a square edge rock and he whipped out some squares of cut up t-shirt and proceeded to seal the holes for me. It worked like a charm.
The cotton soaked up the Stan's and provided enough of a blockage to seal the hole. This simple patch lasted for at least a couple of months. I've been using the method and have saved lots of cash on tires due to it.
Yesterday I pinched my new-ish rear tire (Spesh Fast Trac Control 29er) against my rim Stan's Flow and made a couple holes that were too big for my Sealant. SInce the holes were a bit big I opted to jam some cotton in them to get me home and repair the holes from the inside later. The pinch happened when I was climbing up a steep rocky move. My pressure was a bit low and I hit it with too much speed.
Photo 1: The sealed holes (lots more hanging out than necessary, but it was not sealing very easy and once it did I didn't want to mess with it.
Photo 2-5: Big Pinch inside and out
Photo 6: cheap rubber cement patch kit from Ace. 2$ or so.
I've found this to work WAY better than the stuff marketed specifically for tubeless repair. Give it a shot.
Background:
A while back I ran into Ronnie (forgot his screen name) on National after pinch flatting on a square edge rock and he whipped out some squares of cut up t-shirt and proceeded to seal the holes for me. It worked like a charm.
The cotton soaked up the Stan's and provided enough of a blockage to seal the hole. This simple patch lasted for at least a couple of months. I've been using the method and have saved lots of cash on tires due to it.
Yesterday I pinched my new-ish rear tire (Spesh Fast Trac Control 29er) against my rim Stan's Flow and made a couple holes that were too big for my Sealant. SInce the holes were a bit big I opted to jam some cotton in them to get me home and repair the holes from the inside later. The pinch happened when I was climbing up a steep rocky move. My pressure was a bit low and I hit it with too much speed.
Photo 1: The sealed holes (lots more hanging out than necessary, but it was not sealing very easy and once it did I didn't want to mess with it.
Photo 2-5: Big Pinch inside and out
Photo 6: cheap rubber cement patch kit from Ace. 2$ or so.
I've found this to work WAY better than the stuff marketed specifically for tubeless repair. Give it a shot.
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