Triumphrat

johnyC

About a quarter of a century ago I had a rear wheel puncture on my BSA A7 in Portree on Skye. I took the wheel off, removed the tube and patched it, put enough air in with a small bike pump to get me to a garage with an air line, then rode home to Eaglesham. That was in the days when you were scared to be out after dark with the Joseph Lucas 'prince of darkness' lighting set, but on a run I always took the kit to fix a flat. I tried to buy tyre levers in Halfords recently, it would have been easier to buy a bag of hobby horse sh!te. But if you're lucky enough like I was and the tube doesn't rip or the valve get pulled off, the magic foam works a treat. If I was going from Scotland to France on a bike with tubed tyres I would take spare tubes and the tools to change them, but on a Thunderbird you need a centre stand before you even kick a ba'. I must get one myself.

[ This message was edited by: johnyC on 2004-09-05 17:37 ]

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