tldr:
So now the actual question:
Even if i had my east bound tire lever kit and a new innertube and a pump with me... i wouldn't have the soapy water or the bloody wood clamp with me, making this an impossible job on the side of the road. where conditions are quite a bit worse then in my own garage.
How are you guys fixing these flats on the side of the road?
What essential tool am i missing?
Are you guys even carrying stuff for only on-road trips? (asking this because our road side assistance only does plugs for tubeless.. they can't help with tubes)
------story time-------
Last weekend i had a nice 3 day long (only on road) trip. Contrary to my summer holiday i did not bring a spare, my tools or a pump. And also contrary to my summer trip i actually DID get a flat. A **** staple found it's way in my Mitas enduro trail + rear tire. A staple. Took me 5 turns on the wheel to even find it.
At the end of a 4 hour wait the road assistance sent a recovery vehicle to drive me and the bike back home. Not the best experience to have.
Back home i ordered me a new Michelin innertube and basically the only one i could find that said it should work with my rear tire and changed the inner tube.
This took me 3 hours, bear in mind i put on my own tires a few months earlier so my experience is not great, but also not zero. Still 3 hours.
At the end i basically used my garage tools + the spoon levers from eastbound.
I'm very thankful the tire was on fairly short and i remembered to use lots and lots of soapy water to try and get the bead off. But even with the soapy water and the eastbound tire levers i was unable to get the tire to pop the bead. I needed a wood bar clamp + the tire levers to pop the bead. (i used 3 or 4 clamps to pop the bead of the original karoo streets).
After this i could use the tire levers ok-ish (i'm guessing here the lack of experience comes in but i did get the job done eventually).
Still need to to my testdrive but the tire's back on and it's holding air.
So now the actual question:
Even if i had my east bound tire lever kit and a new innertube and a pump with me... i wouldn't have the soapy water or the bloody wood clamp with me, making this an impossible job on the side of the road. where conditions are quite a bit worse then in my own garage.
How are you guys fixing these flats on the side of the road?
What essential tool am i missing?
Are you guys even carrying stuff for only on-road trips? (asking this because our road side assistance only does plugs for tubeless.. they can't help with tubes)
------story time-------
Last weekend i had a nice 3 day long (only on road) trip. Contrary to my summer holiday i did not bring a spare, my tools or a pump. And also contrary to my summer trip i actually DID get a flat. A **** staple found it's way in my Mitas enduro trail + rear tire. A staple. Took me 5 turns on the wheel to even find it.
At the end of a 4 hour wait the road assistance sent a recovery vehicle to drive me and the bike back home. Not the best experience to have.
Back home i ordered me a new Michelin innertube and basically the only one i could find that said it should work with my rear tire and changed the inner tube.
This took me 3 hours, bear in mind i put on my own tires a few months earlier so my experience is not great, but also not zero. Still 3 hours.
At the end i basically used my garage tools + the spoon levers from eastbound.
I'm very thankful the tire was on fairly short and i remembered to use lots and lots of soapy water to try and get the bead off. But even with the soapy water and the eastbound tire levers i was unable to get the tire to pop the bead. I needed a wood bar clamp + the tire levers to pop the bead. (i used 3 or 4 clamps to pop the bead of the original karoo streets).
After this i could use the tire levers ok-ish (i'm guessing here the lack of experience comes in but i did get the job done eventually).
Still need to to my testdrive but the tire's back on and it's holding air.