#1 - That looks stupid and counterproductive, puting holes in an inner tube to "fix" it. But I don't think it's as stupid as it looks. Fixing a large gash is hard. So it's actually a cool skill that's now sadly out-of-date in the US. Cheaper and safer to get a new tube, after all.
Fixing it so it will at least hold air, even if it would still have a slow leak. I suppose if they had some rubber cement to apply to the stitching it might slow the leak even more.
#1 - I have this book from my 10 speed bike riding days back in the 70's called "Anybody's Bike Book" which was sort of a funny hippie cartoonish but still technically accurate general maintenance handbook and it talked about sewing up inner tubes and tires. I haven't heard of anyone doing that in many years but it is a thing.
#1 During the depression people would put wheat in a leaky bike tube, wet it, and when it swelled up they would have a non pneumatic but cushy tire. This material may be on the test
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#1 - That looks stupid and counterproductive, puting holes in an inner tube to "fix" it. But I don't think it's as stupid as it looks. Fixing a large gash is hard. So it's actually a cool skill that's now sadly out-of-date in the US. Cheaper and safer to get a new tube, after all.
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Fixing it so it will at least hold air, even if it would still have a slow leak. I suppose if they had some rubber cement to apply to the stitching it might slow the leak even more.
DeleteAgreed. I thought that was pretty clever, especially if it worked.
DeleteSew up innertubes are a thing. Made of silk I think. Using the technique on rubber ... in a pinch I guess.
Delete#7 probably his last video
ReplyDeleteI saw some folks doing that in kayaks in Yellowstone. They could ride the wave for a long time and I never saw one of them wipe out.
DeleteThat guy was apparently not in a kayak in Yellowstone.
Delete#9 "one way or another" towing
ReplyDelete- WDS
#8. Is that Pete Buttplug and his/her husband/wife?
ReplyDeleteThank you for spelling his last name correctly.
DeleteDifficult to tell because they are both bitches.
Delete#1 She's done this before. Must work.
ReplyDelete#7 Was he ever seen again?
#7 And that's the last we ever saw of him.
ReplyDelete#9 I thought you tied it down, no I thought you tied it down!
ReplyDelete7. and....he was never seen again!
ReplyDeleteJerry
Suicide, but he got a video out of it
Delete#3 Tweedledee and Tweedledum
ReplyDeleteBackwoods Okie
#8 I believe the correct spelling is Boodygig.
ReplyDelete#1 - I have this book from my 10 speed bike riding days back in the 70's called "Anybody's Bike Book" which was sort of a funny hippie cartoonish but still technically accurate general maintenance handbook and it talked about sewing up inner tubes and tires. I haven't heard of anyone doing that in many years but it is a thing.
ReplyDelete#1 will be a surgeon in your HMO by next year
ReplyDelete#2, looks like that trucker was trying to kill those bikers. That skid does not look like an accident
ReplyDeleteThat was my thought as well
Delete#6- Godzilla’s gramma. Fuck this shit, I’m out!
ReplyDelete#3= Baby Ewoks
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ReplyDeleteDuring the depression people would put wheat in a leaky bike tube, wet it, and when it swelled up they would have a non pneumatic but cushy tire.
This material may be on the test
#7: Die doing what you love. Or something. That's very Darwin Award worthy.
ReplyDeleteWas #4 originally designed for a pussy
ReplyDeleteDon't F with cats. They're smarter than you and your subservient attention mongering dog.
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