Fixing a flat tire video

[Virginia]

Have any of you seen or done this to fix a flat?

 

http://vimeo.com/6642680

[SW86]

ive seen tons of those videos but only once in real life. I'm not going to be doing it anytime time soon though :shake:

 

 

and is there really another CC brother in Memphis? i don't believe it lol

[Virginia]

ive seen tons of those videos but only once in real life. I'm not going to be doing it anytime time soon though :shake:

 

 

and is there really another CC brother in Memphis? i don't believe it lol

 

That would be a sister and yes, there's at least two of us now.

[Geonovast]

The video's gone.

 

But if it's what I think it is, it doesn't work. Mythbusters proved it wrong and it makes sense why.

 

Yes, you can re-seat the tire with this method, but it doesn't stay inflated. The gas compresses so much when it cools down that it goes right back to flat.

[Virginia]

Bummer

[randomguy310]

what method is it? with starting fluid? if so i have done this on lo of tirest to seat them, doesnt blow them up, but its will seat a bead just fine then can use air to finish it

[Eagle]

what method is it? with starting fluid? if so i have done this on lo of tirest to seat them, doesnt blow them up, but its will seat a bead just fine then can use air to finish it

Yep. It's a little (??) dangerous, but it is a way of forcing a bead to re-seat if you lose a bead when wheeling at low pressures. If you actually have a flat (a puncture -- a hole in your tire that loses air) this won't do anything for you.