That slot slides around a spoke, and as for slime, I've heard the same. Plus if it leaks out of your punctured tube and inside your wheel, it makes a nasty mess.

 

4m15s. Shows its use quite well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTata...e=channel_page

 

Install rim locks! Then you can just ride the flat tire home.. That's what I do. Screw bringing tubes/irons/pumps.

I do keep a CO2 inflator on me though.

Oh, and worse case scenario if you're really deep in the woods and want to get out - you can stuff big clumps of grass in your tire. Actually works pretty well in a pinch

 

If I ever carry a spare tube, its a 21'...work on both if need be.

I always carry three tire irons, same ones I use at home..lil 8 inchers, bicycle patch kit and pump...thats it......but I like the soapy water idea, but I see no real world way of me carrying around soapy water, I'll find the leak in the tube with spit.

Someone above posted some big tire irons...you don't need those here's my field kit in action....on vacation no less. See my tire irons, get some that look like those, I luv em, work great and real light...although expensive in my book .... like $13 each

 

Thanks for the info on how to change a tire. Looks like even I can do this. Will have to try it at home as a practice for a posible problem on the road.

 

wow I have some trails here you will not make it up with 22-25 psi
but if you just air down to 13-14 its no problem!

then again maybe its just me I do like to bend the bars alot

 

Did someone post a link to the great mx track tire changing video.....that vid really helped my technique and speed ... oh and confidence.

If a dumb azzze phisherman like me can easily patch a flat in the swamp in summer without worries......it should be cake for a real biker......just sayin

 

i dont know dude, people have told me that, i srug it off and do the trails right behind them. whats your local riding like, here is pritty hard pack, but once you ride it some it breaks down to basicly sand (almost NO rain here in so cal). as for bars, im sick of bending 7/8ths, im waiting to pick my check up later today to see if i can order some big bars, bent another set of pro tapers. i thought these where strong?

 

Get these, XXXy, but quality costs.

Renthal Twinwall.

 

We have some really steep muddy..... or when it drys out like this month hard red clay through in a bunch of fist size rocks for good measure then run the quads up and down for a while to make it a daul track when just last year it got cut in as a single. really we have a lot of everything up here in the NW you can even ride around and tke all the easy routes at your own pace like DEEJ and never drop it

I just put on some EVO's and they better hold up or I'll be trying the renthal twin wall next. sooner or later i'll find something that I can't bend/break!

For me....dropping the psi made the tire bigger with less bounce so I had more over-all traction.