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I didn't know how to fix them until I got my first bike either. I then was a cycling freak, always on my bike and got them regularly.
There's so much I can't do. Diy is generally not my strong point. |
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By *arksMan
over a year ago
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"2 spoons and a bowl of soapy water is needed 
What?!!  "
Handles of spoons needed to take the tyre off the wheel to get to the inner tube , soapy water for putting inner tube in to find where the airs leaking out
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Coming from a cycling family I've always fixed my punchers myself infact I fixed a puncher in a airbed last week  "
Show off 
If you were closer id be cheeky and ask you to do mine for me |
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By *emmabTV/TS
over a year ago
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The amount of times I use the excuse for being late at school because I "had a puncture on the way to school". I think I can fix a puncture in a bike tyre in about 10mins. Plenty of chalk as well stops it sticking. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"2 spoons and a bowl of soapy water is needed
What?!!
Handles of spoons needed to take the tyre off the wheel to get to the inner tube , soapy water for putting inner tube in to find where the airs leaking out
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I knew that |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Wallpapering.
Have rolls of wallpaper for 3 rooms in house but never got round to it opting to paint instead.
I can wallpaper, kinda  "
Plenty on here will help with "paste"... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Wallpapering.
Have rolls of wallpaper for 3 rooms in house but never got round to it opting to paint instead.
I can wallpaper, kinda
Plenty on here will help with "paste"..."
It'd probably work as well! |
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"I recently bought a bike, I've rode it twice and now have a flat tyre then it occurred to me that I've reached the grand age of 32 without having learnt to fix a puncture  so, I watched a video on YouTube (as ya do), went out, bought a puncture repair kit and do you think I can get the bastard wheel off the bastard bike?
Having explained this to my friend today whilst out driving (he has 20 years on me) he didn't even know bicycle tyres have inner tubes safe to say I wasn't getting any help fixing my bike from him  "
Was fixing punctures on my bike from about age 7 or 8.
Now cooking on the other hand I'm not too good at that. Swings and roundabouts. |
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By *hav02Man
over a year ago
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I learnt to repair/mod bikes before i was a teen
Then again, i used to get into trouble for trying to "fix" things that weren't broken....
Shame you didn't ask earlier, i could have given you a 1-on-1 bike maintenance when i was in London...
Or Skype tutorial....
Or buy my book or subscribe to my Netflix channel  ..... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Coming from a cycling family I've always fixed my punchers myself infact I fixed a puncher in a airbed last week
Show off
If you were closer id be cheeky and ask you to do mine for me "
Hehehe my first bike was a blue n white trike with hard rubber wheeles. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Coming from a cycling family I've always fixed my punchers myself infact I fixed a puncher in a airbed last week
Show off
If you were closer id be cheeky and ask you to do mine for me
Hehehe my first bike was a blue n white trike with hard rubber wheeles. "
Still like hard rubber too  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Coming from a cycling family I've always fixed my punchers myself infact I fixed a puncher in a airbed last week
Show off
If you were closer id be cheeky and ask you to do mine for me
Hehehe my first bike was a blue n white trike with hard rubber wheeles.
Still like hard rubber too "
Oh aye - I've heard that story!! |
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By *hav02Man
over a year ago
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"Coming from a cycling family I've always fixed my punchers myself infact I fixed a puncher in a airbed last week
Show off
If you were closer id be cheeky and ask you to do mine for me
Hehehe my first bike was a blue n white trike with hard rubber wheeles. "
And if you get a puncture, plug the hole, the use a bit of lube and it'll help slide the hard rubber back on.... |
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"I recently bought a bike, I've rode it twice and now have a flat tyre then it occurred to me that I've reached the grand age of 32 without having learnt to fix a puncture so, I watched a video on YouTube (as ya do), went out, bought a puncture repair kit and do you think I
can get the bastard wheel off the bastard bike?
Having explained this to my friend today whilst out driving (he has 20 years on me) he didn't even know bicycle tyres have inner tubes safe to say I wasn't getting any help fixing my bike from him "
are you sure it's got a puncture and it's not some kids let the tyre down while you were in the shops |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I recently bought a bike, I've rode it twice and now have a flat tyre then it occurred to me that I've reached the grand age of 32 without having learnt to fix a puncture so, I watched a video on YouTube (as ya do), went out, bought a puncture repair kit and do you think I
can get the bastard wheel off the bastard bike?
Having explained this to my friend today whilst out driving (he has 20 years on me) he didn't even know bicycle tyres have inner tubes safe to say I wasn't getting any help fixing my bike from him
are you sure it's got a puncture and it's not some kids let the tyre down while you were in the shops "
It's kept in my garden! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I can't walk through a door frame without hitting either the frame or the door handle. Im proper clumsy  "
Oooh i do that....i often get my sleeve caught...normally when holding a drink |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Swim 
Never too late to learn xx "
Mr's oldest brother who is 33 this year is gonna learn how to swim properly so he can partake in a triathlon this year or next
Mrs can't change a tire on a car, and Mr can't drive yet |
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By (user no longer on site)
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There are so many things I can't do.
I have never lived alone and I've been surrounded by men my whole life so they have taken control of the 'mens job's' as I deem them.
I can't change a plug, sort the petrol lawnmower out, do diy tasks like fix small leaks unplug drains, that kind of thing, change lightbulbs, though I think I could do this if I tried, I can't put light fittings up, or do the fixings for putting blinds up at windows etc. I couldn't plumb a washing machine in or anything like that and I can't tune TVs.
The bicycle puncture I have sorted though as I used to cycle to work every day. Luckily for me the man in the small independent bike shop where I purchased my bike was happy to do things like that for me.
Another thing I've realised is that I've never been in any of the attics of the houses I've lived in. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Another thing I've realised is that I've never been in any of the attics of the houses I've lived in.
I only live a 10 min walk from the Attic, perhaps you wanna come sometime "
Now that kind of attic I would happily go to |
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"Another thing I've realised is that I've never been in any of the attics of the houses I've lived in.
I only live a 10 min walk from the Attic, perhaps you wanna come sometime
Now that kind of attic I would happily go to "
It's much better now the extension is finished  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"What a complete bellend!
Instead of insulting me (which is nothing unusual)... How about fixing it for me
Are all three wheels punctured?? "
Very good |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I can't do anything creative....i think I'm completely missing that gene. "
Im the same...painting..drawing...making a collage .....do you remember those from school?.....I cant do.
Trying to learn how to play the piano now though
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What a complete bellend!
Instead of insulting me (which is nothing unusual)... How about fixing it for me
Are all three wheels punctured??
Very good "
Made me chuckle |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I recently bought a bike, I've rode it twice and now have a flat tyre then it occurred to me that I've reached the grand age of 32 without having learnt to fix a puncture so, I watched a video on YouTube (as ya do), went out, bought a puncture repair kit and do you think I can get the bastard wheel off the bastard bike?
Having explained this to my friend today whilst out driving (he has 20 years on me) he didn't even know bicycle tyres have inner tubes safe to say I wasn't getting any help fixing my bike from him "
Kevlar impregnated tires and latex filled inner tubes.
Puncture resistant combination. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I recently bought a bike, I've rode it twice and now have a flat tyre then it occurred to me that I've reached the grand age of 32 without having learnt to fix a puncture so, I watched a video on YouTube (as ya do), went out, bought a puncture repair kit and do you think I can get the bastard wheel off the bastard bike?
Having explained this to my friend today whilst out driving (he has 20 years on me) he didn't even know bicycle tyres have inner tubes safe to say I wasn't getting any help fixing my bike from him "
Get down to halfords and buy some slime. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"2 spoons and a bowl of soapy water is needed
She needs to get the wheel off first
No she doesn't "
I was refering to her op where she said she couldn't get the wheel off. My bad for not quoting  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Coming from a cycling family I've always fixed my punchers myself infact I fixed a puncher in a airbed last week
Show off
If you were closer id be cheeky and ask you to do mine for me
Hehehe my first bike was a blue n white trike with hard rubber wheeles.
Still like hard rubber too "
Mmmmmm the smell of burning rubber..... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"2 spoons and a bowl of soapy water is needed
She needs to get the wheel off first
No she doesn't
I was refering to her op where she said she couldn't get the wheel off. My bad for not quoting "
Still doesn't actually "need" to take the wheel off though.
It's easier but not essential |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My kids can do the doc Spock sign with their fingers....despite many efforts...I can not. Not a terribly useful thing to be able to do....I tell my boys.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My kids can do the doc Spock sign with their fingers....despite many efforts...I can not. Not a terribly useful thing to be able to do....I tell my boys...."
You have to keep practising. It took me ages to get the hang of it.
I can't be sociable in large groups of people. If I try, I inevitably say or do something stupid. I mostly hide in a corner and nod and smile politely.
Thank goodness for the Internet. |
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"I can't walk through a door frame without hitting either the frame or the door handle. Im proper clumsy "
I used to do that ALL the time.....way less since I hit my thirties for some bizarre reason. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"What a complete bellend!
Instead of insulting me (which is nothing unusual)... How about fixing it for me
Are all three wheels punctured??
Very good
Made me chuckle "
Because you're a twat |
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