jkaness
10 mW
We've tried 'thornproof tubes' and 'Mr tuffy' bands - and they do help a lot. But most of the flats we've had showed up as pinholes in or near the small ridge along the outer edge of the innertube. Available tube patches are self-adhesive and will not seal over the small ridge. In my youth, patches came with a tube of rubber cement - today they do not. The solution for us is to buy a tube of rubber cement, smear it over the pinhole, let it dry, then apply the self-adhesive patch and clamp overnight. It works!
The above is for the rear wheel of an ebike with a rear hub motor. These wheels are difficult to remove! Without removing the wheel, we can let the air out of the tube, get just part of the tire off the rim and sneak part of the tube out. This way we can patch the tube without removing the wheel.
The above is for the rear wheel of an ebike with a rear hub motor. These wheels are difficult to remove! Without removing the wheel, we can let the air out of the tube, get just part of the tire off the rim and sneak part of the tube out. This way we can patch the tube without removing the wheel.