I was having new tires put on the van and noticed the installer had a really bad walk. It turned out that a truck tire blew out on him taking out his knees. I don't know much about those big black round things but spend as little time as possible alongside them, especially on the bike.Safety regulations be a little different over there. When it inevitably blows out and the truck rolls over or crashes into someones family.. over there, well, meh.
I had a sidewall blowout on a bicycle in Mississauga. Used a piece of cardboard to plug the hole in the tire, put a new tube in and rode home to Jarvis and sherbourne. Repair held with no issues but it could obviously have failed at any time with no warning. Dukes cycle got the tire replaced under warranty. Good guy.The repair brought back memories. When I was a kid I used to use fishing line to fix bulges on my bicycle tires to get extra miles out of them. It worked fine but I was lucky to get up to 20 MPH.
Thats crazy...now I'm going to be extra extra extra careful when inflating tires and swapping wheels lolI was having new tires put on the van and noticed the installer had a really bad walk. It turned out that a truck tire blew out on him taking out his knees. I don't know much about those big black round things but spend as little time as possible alongside them, especially on the bike.
I also suspect those round things cost a fair bit of coin and a lot of those guys can't afford shoes.
I found that the wide 'dentotape' floss worked better. Coat with nail polish and apply a regular tube patch on the inside of the tire would repair most sidewall slices.The repair brought back memories. When I was a kid I used to use fishing line to fix bulges on my bicycle tires to get extra miles out of them. It worked fine but I was lucky to get up to 20 MPH.