foot pump and puncture repair

[bigdom86]

right, got another puncture today, luckily my friends garage is a 15min ride so can fix it relatively quickly but its still a pain in the ass.

i am looking to buy a decent footpump for my bike and also a decent puncture repair kit, the weird string type which they use at tyre garages.

will keep this in my garage in the event i find a nail sticking out of my tyre.

any suggestions on a pump and puncture repair kit? or just whatever basic one i can find on the bay

cheers

[doggone]

You'll enjoy trying to get the bead to seat with a footpump.
The string stuff is OK though, I've had a tyre leak free for more than two years after plugging with it.
A footpump might be OK for a slight top up after checking at home.

[Beehive Bedlam]

Stay out of the hatched areas this is where all the shite gets thrown waiting to inconvenience you.

[Rogerborg]

Pump, whatevz.

Plug kit, I prefer Stop and Go mushroom plugs to string. I've had a gaping hole swallow my long rubber worm, but when I shoved my fat little mushroom in it, it stoppered it right up.
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[bigdom86]

living in London, if i stay out of hatched areas I may aswell be driving a car

i am avoiding certain hatched areas though when I can see a shitload of gravel in them.

so the general consensus would be, little hole use my worm, big hole use rogerborg's mushroom tip.

and to do this at a petrol station to use the high pressure pumps then if needed topup at home

[BTTD]

Is the tyre actually off the rim of the wheel?

This the most successful method I've used for seating tyres:
ratchet strap around the circumference of tyre to squash the tyre and push the edges out onto the rim,
remove valve core,
blast air in from a compressor tank.

If the tyre is still on the rim, just plug it and pump it up.

[bigdom86]

i have not had a catastrophic puncture where the tyre is off the rim, if I did I would join RAC or whoever else is about these days.

it has always been a plug and pump type of puncture

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[M.C]

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[Arcane1729]

oh haha just the thread I was looking for
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[Poundshop Dave]

I keep a Stop and go kit on the GPZ along with one of these https://goo.gl/Pu0lWf
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[bigdom86]

well I have now plugged two punctures with the worm string things at my friends garage no issues so far, last one was around 4,000 miles ago and still going ok

[bigdom86]

[Poundshop Dave]

Yes it can but it fits on your battery terminals, lift seat off GPZ and clip onto the battery. All connectors are there, it's slow though, a few minutes to inflate a tyre.
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[bigdom86]

i have no idea where the battery is on my bike so would most likely just use the cars cigarette lighter

[Arcane1729]

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