[BlackBike]

Originally Posted by cheesy

Wow, that is a gash.

So, spare tube, big patches(just in case the new tube suffers, too) spoons, and a better way to pump up the tires.

I know that bike pumps and high volume/low pressure tires are a prescription for upper arm melt downs. Might I suggest a CO2 cartridge inflation kit for a mountain bike along with a few extra cartridges. They don't take up much room and weigh little. Check in with a local bicycle shop.

150 strokes for reasonable pressure on the little pump thing.

I had changed rear many times in the shop but had to do the unthinkable on the road side.

But learned the crutch trick online thanks to all the mc vets here. Just had to piece it all together.

Just more learning , now I have confidence in going most anywhere and taking care of problems that seem to just always find me. (1 tiny nail out of 50 miles of road)