Oldschool
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For all the years biking I have toured and never carried a tire patch kit. I have been lucky that I have not needed it in some of the out of the way places that I have gone. I decided that with the type of riding that I do that my luck would run out sooner or later. I decided to be pro-active this year and hedge my bet.
Since I have both a bike with tubeless tires (FZ-1) and a bike with tube tires (KLR) that I needed a kit that would do both. They are hard to find. So I bought the Genuine Innovation Tubless Kit as well as a generic tube kit. Both are small, light and contain the basics to repair a tire roadside. They do not include the tire spoons that would be required to pull the tube on a tube-style tire, so I will add those later. The cheap generic kit came with 2 16g CO2 canisters and a short threaded hose. Only one of the cannisters was threaded making the other useless with that set up. The Tubless Kit came with 3 cannister (all 16g) and a filling unit that uses a puncture style set up for the canisters. Since I will carry both together the threading issue was not important (to me). Keep this in mind when buying and insist on checking the contents before buying.
I have shot some pictures to give you an idea of the size of the kit. It would be easy to pack in a tank bag or other pack and weighs less than a pound.
The Genuine Innovations kit for tubeless cost $35.00 from the dealer and did actually have a few tube patches glue and a small piece of sandpaper to rough up the surface before patching.
G.I. Tubless kit and generic kit in grey box
The Contents of the tubeless kit, no that's not beef jerky.those are the plugs
The tube kit
The contents of the tube kit, note only 1 of 2 CO2 cartridges has threads.
The generic kit was $30.00 , so the 2 together were $65.00. Should I need to use them off the beaten path even once they will seem like cheap insurance.
Since I have both a bike with tubeless tires (FZ-1) and a bike with tube tires (KLR) that I needed a kit that would do both. They are hard to find. So I bought the Genuine Innovation Tubless Kit as well as a generic tube kit. Both are small, light and contain the basics to repair a tire roadside. They do not include the tire spoons that would be required to pull the tube on a tube-style tire, so I will add those later. The cheap generic kit came with 2 16g CO2 canisters and a short threaded hose. Only one of the cannisters was threaded making the other useless with that set up. The Tubless Kit came with 3 cannister (all 16g) and a filling unit that uses a puncture style set up for the canisters. Since I will carry both together the threading issue was not important (to me). Keep this in mind when buying and insist on checking the contents before buying.
I have shot some pictures to give you an idea of the size of the kit. It would be easy to pack in a tank bag or other pack and weighs less than a pound.
The Genuine Innovations kit for tubeless cost $35.00 from the dealer and did actually have a few tube patches glue and a small piece of sandpaper to rough up the surface before patching.
G.I. Tubless kit and generic kit in grey box
The Contents of the tubeless kit, no that's not beef jerky.those are the plugs
The tube kit
The contents of the tube kit, note only 1 of 2 CO2 cartridges has threads.
The generic kit was $30.00 , so the 2 together were $65.00. Should I need to use them off the beaten path even once they will seem like cheap insurance.