twistednuts wrote:Yeah, good idea them tyre levers, even better if you never actually need to use em!
Well, for those who really despise the puncture mending chore, then Mooses, are the answer, in part

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1 = Technically they are not certified for road use,

old bill, insurance,, etc etc.
2 =Fitting them is dire experience.
3 = Tyre pressures cannot be altered.
4 = limited life.
On the upside.
Lighter
Never having to mend a puncture, priceless.
Tubes
Punctures
1 = Run ultra thick tubes, pre-loaded with anti puncture gloop[which also has the effect of balancing the wheel as well].
DO NOT, tighten the valve stem nut against the rim, you WILL NOT stop a tube shifting doing that, it will just tear out the valve stem.Drill the valve stem out to 10mm, this will allow some movement on the stem, and importantly, you can see that movement and rectify the problem.
I have only had to ever mend one puncture, and that was on my youngest sons MK2, which we had slipped a spare front wheel into, awaiting a new disc on the one removed.I hadn't checked the wheel over, and sure enough, half way through the day a thorn founds it's way through the tyre, and punctured the 2mm Taiwanese tube, that had no gloop in it.
We found somewhere to elevate the bike on[big farm roller] he made the tea, while i sorted the puncture.
By the time I had finished the tea was just right for drinking

and i like my tea hot.
The key to mending a puncture is to remember, if it's hard work, your doing something wrong, and that something is invariably people fail to push the rim of the tyre hard into the well of the rim, thats why the rim is the shape it is.
I used Buzzetti 7" levers.
All the above strictly IMO.
Mike