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Looking for tire repair kit recommendations (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Gt5@kbin.social to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca

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Hi y’all,

I’m kind of a beginner cyclist and looking for a repair kit for tires on my road bike that I can carry with me. Ideally something that I could connect to the bike.

I used to go to Reddit for this kind of stuff but, well, you know.

Thank you!

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[–] shadesdk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’d say it depends on the type of bike and tire.

Tubed or tubeless? For tubed, I’d recommend 1-2 spare tubes put in a saddle bag or one of those fake bottle kits that mounts in a bottle carrier, a small co2 pump, a few cartridges and a tire lever if yours are not easy to remove and install by hand. If you have a flat, replace the tube, then patch old tubes at home. For tubeless I recommend the dynaplug tool, optionally a small bottle of extra sealant and a valve tool. Small hand pump as co2 can interfere with tubeless sealant. I ride tubeless and just chuck these items in a jersey pocket.