What is in your tire repair kit?

[Rumblefish]

So I was trolling YouTube and came across this video. After watching the video, I searched for emergency valve stems. So I will be adding 4 of these https://www.colbyvalve.com to my tire plug kit. So I will have valves and puncture repair with me on the trail, so barring any sidewall damage I should be good for a lot of situations.

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[Moto_21]

So I was trolling YouTube and came across this video. After watching the video, I searched for emergency valve stems. So I will be adding 4 of these https://www.colbyvalve.com to my tire plug kit. So I will have valves and puncture repair with me on the trail, so barring any sidewall damage I should be good for a lot of situations.

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[TrailTorque]

Very cool thanks for sharing! Such a great community to help that guy out!!

 

[CanAmMick]

That’s a great idea! I’ll have order some just in case.

 

[Geos7812]

Me too. That’s cheap insurance. This makes sense to me. However, how often do you guys that carry them actually use a tire patch kit? That seems unnecessary to me, but I could be convinced otherwise, I suppose.

 

[Rumblefish]

Me too. That’s cheap insurance. This makes sense to me. However, how often do you guys that carry them actually use a tire patch kit? That seems unnecessary to me, but I could be convinced otherwise, I suppose.

Like you said cheap insurance! Last fall, I used a plug on a motorcycle tire, it kept the bike on the road/trail for 3 days. Similar to having a first aid kit, it is much better to have and not need than need and not have. I am not talking about those cheap first aid kits, but a quality kit. But again, something is better than nothing. And as usual having the training and understanding of how to use the tools in our kits is incredibly important.

 

[Rumblefish]

About 5 years ago, I found out first hand how important good tools are. While on a the Alpine Loop in Colorado, my wife and I encountered a gentleman and his teen daughter that had cut a side wall, and had no spare. Although he did have one of those green slime compressors and some slime fluid, it just wasn't enough to even temporarily fix his tire. Weather conditions change rapidly above 11k feet of elevation. Eventually we did get him taken care of, but had no one been around, he would have been SOL in a remote area above the tree line.

 

[Bilymac]

Like others have said, cheap insurance.

I'm also looking at one of the Slime tire repair kits.

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