Snow tires and patches
Mar. 30th, 2009 04:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johnridleyWe got some wet snow last night, just enough to cover, and then it dropped from ~35*F to ~25*F. So I put a studded tire back on the front. Turns out to have been unnecessary, as I thought it would be, but it's not a big deal to swap tires and I don't need a spill.
Also, I patched the tube that went flat last week. This was my first time using the Harbor Freight patch kit. It's a heck of a deal and works fine. $2.49 (I actually paid $1.99) and contains twenty 1" patches (good for bike tires) and several smaller patches, TWO tubes of glue (good since they dry out after being opened for a year or so).
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=97204
I actually used office supply rubber cement so I can save the unopened tubes for use on the road.
I put the patched tube back on the rear so I have the brand new tube as a spare. It now has 4 patches on it.
Also, I patched the tube that went flat last week. This was my first time using the Harbor Freight patch kit. It's a heck of a deal and works fine. $2.49 (I actually paid $1.99) and contains twenty 1" patches (good for bike tires) and several smaller patches, TWO tubes of glue (good since they dry out after being opened for a year or so).
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=97204
I actually used office supply rubber cement so I can save the unopened tubes for use on the road.
I put the patched tube back on the rear so I have the brand new tube as a spare. It now has 4 patches on it.
