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Tubes

Quick Tip: Keep Your Spare Tube in a Sock

This tip will help you protect your spare tubes. Follow my tip and you won't have to suffer the problem I did, many years ago. I was in a long mountain bike Enduro event and I got a flat tire. I found both my unprotected tubes, carried in my under-saddle bag, had suffered abrasions due to months of jiggling around in the bag. Holes had worn in the corner folds of both … [Read more...] about Quick Tip: Keep Your Spare Tube in a Sock

Quick Tip: Powder and Wrap Spare Tubes

Today's quick tip comes to us from RBR reader Brian Rees, who offers a tip about carrying a spare tube or tubes: I not only put my spare tube in a ziplock bag with a touch of baby powder to make it easier to install, I put that inside a shoe-shine cloth (provided in some hotels) to ensure it doesn't rub against tools in my saddle bag. It also provides me something to wipe my … [Read more...] about Quick Tip: Powder and Wrap Spare Tubes

Quick Tip: 2 Uses for Old Bike Tubes

This tip comes to us from RBR Review Crew member Brandon Bilyeu, who provides a couple of variations on the theme of what you can do with a piece of old innertube. Brandon writes: The other day I was in the garage swapping wheels and needed to adjust the rim brake calipers as I was switching between new wide rims and old skinny rims (the barrel adjuster does not have enough … [Read more...] about Quick Tip: 2 Uses for Old Bike Tubes

An Alternative Way to Carry Your Spare Tube

Today's QT comes to us from Premium Member Greg Titus, who offers a unique tip that addresses a fundamental item that we roadies need to take along on every ride as part of our flat-repair kit – a spare tube. Of course, you also need to tote something to inflate that tube; in Greg's case, that's a mini-pump. What makes his tip unique is that he has devised a way that … [Read more...] about An Alternative Way to Carry Your Spare Tube

Which Tools & Gear Should I Carry While Bicycling?

By Coach Rick Schultz I am often asked coaching- and riding-related questions on rides. A recent one is a fairly common question, but it's an important one to new riders – and one that most experienced roadies find interesting in terms of comparing how they would answer it to how another rider would reply. That question is: “What are the most important tools/gear I should … [Read more...] about Which Tools & Gear Should I Carry While Bicycling?

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