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Re: [monashunibug] Check your puncture kits

Neat idea on the tyre scheme David.
How does one find out if the bikery is open?. It be worth my while
getting a kit..just in case ;)
I have spares at home of course but Im thinking now it wouldnt hurt to
have a stash in the office.

David Pawley wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
> Bad luck and Murphy go together :-)
>
> Guess I'm a pessimist and always carry 2 spare tubes. If your at
> Clayton check out the Bikery (2nd Floor Student Centre Transport Office)
> if their open they have spares.
>
> I'm working on a tyre scheme (change over or new) for this
> sort of emergency
>
> Cheers
> D
>
>
> Mark wrote:
>
>>
>> Morning all,
>> Got the old puncture blues this morning. No problem, pulled over,
>> flipped the bike, found and removed the nasty piece of glass, slipped
>> the tyre off in that spot and exposed the tube. Got the puncture kit out
>> and it was at this point my luck runout. The glue goop was dead. Felt
>> squishy enough in the tube but on opening (still a sealed never been
>> used tube) there was notin gooey inside.
>> Luckily I had a spare tube.
>>
>> Check your kits! I admit mine was pretty old.
>>
>> Now whats the chances of getting home tonight without murphy creating a
>> secondary incision? :) Seeing as I have now used the spare tube and have
>> no kit.
>>
>>
>




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Morning all, Got the old puncture blues this morning. No problem, pulled over, flipped the bike, found and removed the nasty piece of glass, slipped the tyre...
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Neat idea on the tyre scheme David. How does one find out if the bikery is open?. It be worth my while getting a kit..just in case ;) I have spares at home of...
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