{"id":899,"date":"2009-06-12T16:32:25","date_gmt":"2009-06-12T14:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conradstoltz.com\/?p=899"},"modified":"2013-11-03T12:20:59","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T10:20:59","slug":"a-clever-story-about-a-flat-caveman-teeth-and-ingenuity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conradstoltz.com\/index.php\/a-clever-story-about-a-flat-caveman-teeth-and-ingenuity\/","title":{"rendered":"A clever story about a flat, Caveman teeth and ingenuity"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u00a0 pre rode the XTERRA Richmond course shortly after our arrival from XTERRA Northwest Cup in Coeur D’Alene, where I had a 4 inch nail puncture my tubeless tire in 2 places. See previous blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My replacement tire was in the mail, so I rode the tire with the 2 nail holes, and just put in a tube. Of course it flatted. I changed the tube. It deflated faster than I could pump. Before putting our last tube in I carefully inspected for sharp objects.<\/p>\n

It also deflated faster than what I could pump.<\/p>\n

We still had a lot of riding to do and I wasnt going to call it quits.<\/p>\n

I was going to make that tire tubeless again.<\/span><\/p>\n

First I used a bottle cap to scoop the sealant from the healthy front tire and put it in the rear. With the 2 huge holes.<\/p>\n

\"ascoop\"<\/p>\n

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To make sure the front tire seal, I poured energy drink from my drink bottle in the tire…<\/p>\n

\"agu2o\"<\/p>\n

We had one Genuine Innovations tire plug.\u00a0 We cut the plug in half and hoped the 2 small plugs would seal 2 big holes. Of course they didnt. So I took left over electrical tape, wound it into rope and plugged the hole. Like so:<\/p>\n

You may also wonder what I did to get a tubeless valve. Thats easy, I used my Caveman teeth and chewed the valve stem out of a tube…<\/p>\n

\"aplug\"<\/p>\n

Sidewall plugs are notoriously hard to seal and despite the 1\/2 tire plug, rolled up electrical tape and sticky drink\u00a0 mixed with Slime and Stans it still kept leaking.<\/p>\n

That is where the Boer* came out of the Caveman.\u00a0 “a Boer makes a plan” so I wound a tube tightly around the tire, covering the 2 holes.<\/p>\n

* “Boer” is an Afrikaaner or farmer from South Africa.<\/p>\n

\"awrap\"<\/p>\n

To anchor the loose end, I tied it around the hub and got immense pleasure from cutting the left over tube off with the razor sharp brake rotor. Instead of using my teeth again… (it leaves a funny taste in your mouth)<\/p>\n

\"awrap2\"<\/p>\n

With this clever trick, the more pressure you put in, the better the system works.<\/p>\n

\"apomp\"<\/p>\n

In fact it worked so well, we finished our 5hr ride, which included a coffee and cake stop at The Crossroads cafe, right on the course.<\/p>\n

\"abike\"<\/p>\n

The soft rubber offers such great traction on these wet, rooty surfaces at the next Specialized tire testing I’ll suggest we cover the tire with a layer of tube.<\/p>\n

In fact, I think I should apply for a position at engineering…<\/p>\n

\"atraction\"<\/p>\n

There, I fixed it! The next day the tire was still 100%!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u00a0 pre rode the XTERRA Richmond course shortly after our arrival from XTERRA Northwest Cup in Coeur D’Alene, where I had a 4 inch nail puncture my tubeless tire in 2 places. See previous blog. My replacement tire was in the mail, so I rode the tire with the 2 nail holes, and just put […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,34,88,101,102,105],"tags":[1749,1758,503,504,1141,1160,1223],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n