btw it was an excellent Trials event
Sounds like back then it was a very poorly run event. The biggest event I go to and camp is OSHkosh. 40,000 souls camping. There are "streets" and there are "avenues." You pick out a spot on a street or avenue, save room for your friends if need be, and mark it with flags, etc. Next time someone tries that hand them a piece of sand paper...when they ask what THAT is tell them is John Wayne toilet paper...rough...tough.....dont take no crap off of campground host.I hope things have changed...My wife and I attended this rally but trailered the bikes up there. I registered and asked where would be a spot to park and they said anywhere you can fit in...Found a place on the grassy hilltop next to a gal with a brand new Can Am Spider and lots of other campers tents etc...perfect!..about 3 hours later a guy came over said I got to move!..I asked to talk to the person who sent him and got attitude..I really thought he was joking so I said ok find me a spot where I can park because by now the park was filling up with rally goers...better yet give me my money back !!!!!...It was a shame because they were having an international Trials event there...seems like that was about 12 or 15 years ago ..... needless to say I totally shun that rally...never did get a reason they wanted me to move but eventually they decided I can stay put because the there was no way I could drive out through the crowded campsite Yes I hope things have changed and whoever that yellow belly coward was in charge that day has got over his problem...sorry for the rant.....
I have a dyna plug kit for small holes..fast and easy....a plug and go kit with mushroom plugs...and the gummy worm kit. Due to aging weak hands, I have graduated sized tapered rat tailed files with handles. I found I needed these practicing with all three plug kits on old bike tires. I now do leave the can of Slime mixed with pressured air at home due to space. Does that mean I am living life on the edge?
None actually. I have a 1/2 pint of rubber patch cement in the garage that I COULD have used. But knowing that the stuff doesn’t have much shelf life (especially after it was opened) I’m happy to buy new stock. I’m also happy that it was under my seat for 6 years without being needed.
My only question about them is that many tires have ridged inner surfaces but they still seem to work and seal. I carry them on all my bikes. BTW, if anyone does buy one of the dyna plug kits, get one with the gummys already pre inserted into tubes. After awhile, riding around in bike tool kits, stand alone gummies will start to unravel and they will expand, making them harder to load into the tool. I like the pro aluminum model. You rotate the tire to the leak, push in or pull out the nail, push in the air stop, load the tool with a pre charged tube, pull out the air stop and push it in and you are off to the races for the ubiquitous 1/8 in hole. I like the stop and go pumps but I also carry a small high quality low pressure high volume bicycle hand pump.
