West of Walla Walla, WA., on US 12, I ran over a machine screw just wrong. It put a big hole in my back tire.
See picture of KUJ Radio towers at bottom of post. Flat was near the towers.
This was during my 2007 round state bike tour.
I put in a spare tube, but there was still the hole in my tire. Right through the kevlar.
So I put a patch on the inside of the tire (not the tube since it was a new tube). Patch inside tire covered the hole so tube wouldn't protrude through tire. This fix is sometimes referred to as a boot.
Figured it would get me as far as Tri Cities where I could get a new tire at some bike shop.
Well, the fix is still going!
Lasted till I got new tire around May 2008. Note added.
I'm back in Bellingham. This fix got me through Tri Cities, Yakima Valley, Chinook Pass, Seattle and back home. Has also gotten me all around Bellingham. It's now November 4. Bicycle is my primary transportation. All around Bellingham, up to Lake Padden and so forth.
Green Slime in the tube has helped also.
See my bike tour gallery.
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