Thread: Fixing a flat!
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Old 06-07-12, 00:44
Harry Moon Harry Moon is offline
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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra View Post
Nah, real men fix a flat like this!

Thats for getting the beed set on tubless tires so you can pump them up. It works! I had to mount some tubless tires on my race car about 30 years ago and after an hour of frustration with an airhose trying to get the bead to hold up long enough to get the air started a helpful friend helped out with some starting fluid!
With a CMP rim I've had to limp about 200 meters down the road on an absolute flat to get to a safe spot and the beed stayed securely on that Rim!
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