Re: The essential biking toolkit - what's under your seat?
 

Lol....I've done a quick scout around, there's a few on eBay for around £14 + postage for the plugger type.

There's also a liquid that goes in the tyre (but like tyreweld I would imagine), that stays in liquid form and when you get a puncture, it 'leaks' into the hole to seal it. The blurb says that the liquid helps distribute heat evenly around the tyre and can prolong the life of it etc etc, but I'm a little dubious about all of the claims.

There's a site that also sells valve caps that indicate correct/incorrect tyre pressure. So if it's green, you're at the right pressure, if it's red, you've lost some air!

EDIT: http://www.ppp.swiftlysorted.co.uk/_sgt/f10000.htm

Re: The essential biking toolkit - what's under your seat?
 

I have heard that the goo ones make getting the tyre fixed much harder. Also the goo can settle on one side unbalancing the wheel. Pluggers are better I hear.

Re: The essential biking toolkit - what's under your seat?
 

Do a search on puncture repair kits they've been discussed once or twice before.

In short: Slime / Ultra seal may work in some circumstances, but I don't like the idea of it in the tyre, and tyre fitters hate it.

External bung type: Rep&Air or similar easy to come by, and work. Bit of a fiddle though

Sticky String: Less available, but easier to use, less mess and less fuss. My favourite by a long way.

Tyre pressure gauge valve caps: Been less popular since they came out. Pros: Visual inspection shows pressure. Cons, don't work if you try other tyre pressures, and they hold the tyre valve open so a few people found they were loosing air slowly, and if one fails you let all the air out through it quite quickly.

There are some very flash tyre repair kits available. The sticky string ones cost very little and work well.

Jambo

Re: The essential biking toolkit - what's under your seat?
 

Having seen the list of stuff that some people seem to have stashed away I find myself confused - I seem to have inadvertently stumbled into a Volvo estate owners site...

Oh, and I have:
Alarm
Digital tyre pressure gauge
Wardrobe
Original tool kit
Leatherman thing
Ear plugs
Puck stand

I am now going to find a 35mm film case to fill with Swarfega.

Re: The essential biking toolkit - what's under your seat?
 

Easier to put it up in a photo really.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...V/DSC00269.jpg

Re: The essential biking toolkit - what's under your seat?
 

Which bit is the seat? :scratch: I just ride the thing ;)

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Repandair one from Hein Gerricke

Re: The essential biking toolkit - what's under your seat?
 

Double sided sticky tape and a used up bog role. Got me out of many tricky moments.

Oh and puncture repair kits. Sticky string by a million miles. I have NEVER had one fail on a repair I have made.

Re: The essential biking toolkit - what's under your seat?
 

... The Engine!!!

Steve:D

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Oh is that what that black thing is? ;)