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From: darryl@ISM780.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Tires, or lack thereof...
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Date: Sun, 12-May-85 21:31:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 12 21:31:00 1985
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Nf-From: ISM780!darryl    May 12 21:31:00 1985


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My last bike had tube tires.  I always carried a spare tube and a hand
pump.  I had two punctures, both on Sundays.  The first one was 1.5 miles
from home, and after struggling to break the bead, getting the new tube in
place, and then being unable to get the tire back onto the rim, I pushed
it home.  The other time a friend picked me up and together we changed
the tire in his garage (the spare tube was still useful).  Rather than
use the hand pump, he had a pump that works off your engine compression
(replaces the spark plug).  That worked fine, even seated the bead properly.

My current mount has tubless tires.  I have a tubless patch kit that
contains three plugs, cement, and three CO2 cartridges.  Sure seems
simpler, but no track record as of yet (knock wood!).

	    --Darryl Richman, INTERACTIVE Systems Corp.
	    ...!cca!ima!ism780!darryl
	    The views expressed above are my opinions only.

P.S.  If you use one of the engine compression type pumps, start out by
turning off your fuel, run the engine dry, remove your plugs, connect
one cylinder up and run the starter to pump your tire.  Given the following
caveats, this avoids putting fuel/air mixture into your tires:  don't
do this if you have a fuel injection system, it hurts the injectors;
don't do this if your battery is weak; if you have a vacuum fuel system,
(Seca 750s?) you may not be able to turn off the fuel.  After you are
done pumping, wait a few minutes to remove the pump -- it gets quite warm.