Andy Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 This topic has been up for 6 days now and I'm still reading the title as "Pot Noodle" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherconoob Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Im keen to try the tennis ball trick if my foam doesnt help. Wonder if adding a second bead lock where the valve normay goes would help? intriguing! a mate of mine got sick of punctures and he just shoved his rear tire full of this foam he gets from work... it's some kind of packaging material they just throw out. he jams enough in to simulate 5psi and off he goes. it does compress slowly so he just crams more in every few months, although you have to wonder if it starts to weigh a fair bit the more he puts in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mokwepa Posted December 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Hi guys Had another 2hr session this afternoon and the front is still holding with the foam liner. So far so good. @ sherconood....thats my next plan. Im gonna cut 2cm strips of mattress foam and jam as much in as I can and use a second bead lock. Sure it will work. I did some quick maths and apparently it takes about 29 tennis balls to fill a 21" tire. According to Wikipedia that should add about 1.8kg to the wheel. My mattress foam is much lighter than that. Oh yes, I have a X light rear and a Trials light front. They are still in good shape so im gonna use them up, so no I wont be using a different tire just yet, on the next set, probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canada280i Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Damn!!!!........those are some big thorns!....joking aside, I would hope tat they are " viscous" so that they slide out as easy as they go in, especially if in your flesh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canada280i Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 This topic has been up for 6 days now and I'm still reading the title as "Pot Noodle" (Sigh).....I used to love pot noodle as a kid in the UK, just not the same over here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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