Home brew tyre boot.

[Pikey]

A bloke on the club run yesterday had a load of oval pieces of cut out plastic milk bottle in his saddle bag.

At first I was questioning his sanity, then he showed me how they were tyre boots and now I am questioning my sanity at never having thought of that before.

Genius .

Just thought I would share it with you lot.

Apologies if it's been posted before.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Like the chain tool, the mere fact that I carry a similar home made tyre boot means I never have to use it.

 

[MissTillyFlop]

Pardon my ignorance, but what be a tyre boot?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Pardon my ignorance, but what be a tyre boot?

It's summat to protect the inner tube when the tyre gets damaged. Cut out a bit of a plastic bottle and stick it in with your puncture stuff. It weighs virtually nothing and the curvature of the bottle should ensure a snug layer of protection between ripped tyre and tube.

 

[MissTillyFlop]

It's summat to protect the inner tube when the tyre gets damaged. Cut out a bit of a plastic bottle and stick it in with your puncture stuff. It weighs virtually nothing and the curvature of the bottle should ensure a snug layer of protection between ripped tyre and tube.

That is fantastic! Never considered what would happen if I damaged the actual tyre...

 

[uclown2002]

Something you put on the inside of a tyre with a big hole in it so new tube doesn't pop out.

 

[Angry Blonde]

when I had this problem on my mtb, miles away from home I used a twenty pound note folded in half, stopped the innertube blebing out.

 

[Cubist]

Tube? How quaint!

 

[jayonabike]

I just use a piece of old tyre.

 

[TheDoctor]

Anything will do. A folded crisp packet will get you home, for nearby values of 'home'.

 

[Tim Hall]

My line of work takes me to grubby building sites. On one such visit a bloke gave me his business card, which was of some kind of plastic, rather than card. The corners have now been removed with scissors and it lies in wait in my go-every-where kit for when my tyre needs booting.

 

[adscrim]

bits of toothpaste tube make excellent tyre boots.

 

[fossyant]

As do those plastic A4 wallets cut up

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I just use a piece of old tyre.

+1

I've "saved" lots of ride buddies over the years with my bits of tyre

Watch out for sharp edges with these cut down bits of plastic - something with a softer edge is to be preferred

 

[jayonabike]

+1

I've "saved" lots of ride buddies over the years with my bits of tyre

Watch out for sharp edges with these cut down bits of plastic - something with a softer edge is to be preferred

It seems a bit obvious to me, why use anything else other than a bit of tyre.