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 2010-07-09 8:20 AM |
Member 116 |  Subject: flat kit part 2...Noticed people saying they bring a patch kit for tires. I planned on bringing 2 co2's/2tubes/2 levers and have an extra tire at SN. Should I add a patch kit to my bag? I'm running out of room! What does the bike maintenance truck do? Lake Placid says they have a bike help trucj driving the course. Also, is the patch kit easy to use...never used one b/f. Sorry...bugging out with 16 days to my first IMLP! Thanks! Kevin |
| 2010-07-09 8:27 AM in reply to: #2970308 |
Not a Coach 11473    Media, PA | Subject: RE: flat kit part 2... 2 CO2 & 2 tubes should be good. The support truck is to offer help for any bike mechanicals. But it (maybe a few of them) is roaming a 56 mile bike course and it could be a LONG time before it sees you, so you don't want to have to use it. An extra tire in S/N is overkill in my view. If you need a spare tire, what are the odds that you will be near S/N on your first lap when you do? |
| 2010-07-09 8:56 AM in reply to: #2970308 |
| Subject: RE: flat kit part 2... Kevlujohn - 2010-07-09 9:20 AM Noticed people saying they bring a patch kit for tires. I planned on bringing 2 co2's/2tubes/2 levers and have an extra tire at SN. Did you mean extra tube at special needs? That and another couple CO2's are all I plan on having in my SN bag for tire stuff. I keep tire boots in my wedge bag and that'll keep my tire worthwhile for the whole race even if it's sliced open. |
| 2010-07-09 9:05 AM in reply to: #2970308 |
| Extreme Veteran 495 Bluffton, SC | Subject: RE: flat kit part 2... I always have 2X: co2, tube, leaver. + have $10 and a tire boot. Train how you want to race. My tire boot is the size of a business card, if that fails you can use money, gel pack, cardboard to get you through. Edited by AUSQuest 2010-07-09 9:07 AM |
| 2010-07-10 8:21 AM in reply to: #2970308 |
| Member 116 | Subject: RE: flat kit part 2... Ok..thanks I feel comfortable with 2x tube and co2 on bike and SN...thanks! |
| 2010-07-10 5:25 PM in reply to: #2970308 |
Expert 1046 Fountain Hills, AZ | Subject: RE: flat kit part 2... Don't forget a valve extender in there ... always easier to find/beg/borrow a tube out there ... in the moddle of nowhere ... than it is to find an 80mm-stem tube. Just in case.... it's worth the two grams. |
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