Inexpensive tire repair kit / pump?

[darryldale]

This summer I'm going to be doing a lot more travelling on the bike and have been building up a nice little emergency repair / tool kit to carry on the bike.

The only two pieces I'm now missing that I figure I should probably carry are a puncture repair kit and small pump.

Has anybody ever used one of the inexpensive repair kits on ebay. Something like this:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Tubeless-Motorcyc...ht_3120wt_1162

I'm also looking for a really small compressor that ideally is powered off of a cigarette lighter adapter (hooked up to accessory connectors under seat) and is capable of blowing up the tires on my nomad no problem.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Slick

[darryldale]

So I think I found an ideal pump to carry on the bike here:

http://cgi.ebay.ca/SLIME-TIRE-TOP-OF...8#ht_499wt_957

Anybody use one of these?

Darryl

[wompus]

Even when I had a bike tire on the rear of my bike I always carried that type of repair kit. It will at least get you down the road until you have the chance to get a inside patch in the tire. I've plugged many of other bikers tire on the side of the road with my kit, and they at least had a chance to make it home.
I've run bike tires thousands of miles with a plug in the tire.
I don't see what makes people think the tire won't last very long with a plug in it. If the tire is new then when I get the chance I remove the tire from the rim and put a radial tire patch on the inside of it.

I bought a new tire years ago and got less then 3 miles before I picked up a large nail!! I'll be damn if I was going to buy another rear tire so I removed it and put the radial patch on it and ran it for over 9000 miles!

Now, on the CT I wouldn't think twice plugging the tire and not worrying about it ever.

For air, I carry those CO 2 kits at all times. Inexpensive and lasts until you need them!


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[Yellow Jacket]

I've used that type of repair kit for many years on my cars.

For the motorcycle, I have the Stop n Go tire plugger kit.

http://www.stopngo.com/motorcycle.asp#tireplugger

[ells]

Like many others here, I have the Stop-n-go kit and the Slime pump. Haven't used the kit (didn't have it when I really needed it) and the pump works fine.

[AlabamaNomadRider]

K-Mart where I work carries a Craftsman pump that will fit nicely in the saddlebag.

[leadbelly]

I've also got the SLIME kit, 12v pump & can of SLIME, also carry a plug kit.
$35 or so and it hardly takes up any room. Cheeper then a tow truck!

[oldbikers]

You can get the same pump at Wa-lMart and the best I remember it was cheaper than the one you show from e-bay and just last month I used the plug kit from wal- mart it worked great.

[darryldale]

Perfect.

Thanks for all the input guys.

I ordered the plug kit off of ebay and found a small compressor at Canadian Tire for $14. So for a grand total of about $21 I should be covered.

I like the looks of the stop and go kit and in the future may get the kit (minus the co2) but didn't feel like dropping $40 on it right now.

Slick

[ringadingh]

I carry a plug kit in the bike but have never needed it, I also carry one in the truck and have used it a few times, as recent as yesterday. I have worn out tires that Ive plugged and never give them a second thought.

[fish]

I just bought a plug kit tonight to plug a tire so I can take the bike for a new tire.
On Saturday we were ready to leave for the weekend when I notice it was flat. Sometime between backing it out of the shed and setting sail I picked upped a screw. I think it was from my sons car. :'(

[fish]

The plugging went well and not looseing air. Now I have a question, who out there is riding with a plugged tire???

[cactusjack]

Food for thought:

You don't want to go cheap on gear like this. If you're stranded with a flat tire somewhere off the beaten path, out of cell phone range - that's not the time to find out your compressor isn't going to cut it. I'd hate for my survival to depend on a $12 air compressor.

Just sayin...

[macmac]

My 10 dollar VIP compressor works fine..

[ringadingh]

I use a $6.99 Canadian Tire model. Actually its about a $15.00 unit that they put on sale sometimes.