5 Tire Sidewall Repair Hacks, Tested
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- Reifenflicken: amzn.to/2ln0gg0
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Even if you ride a mountain bike with tubeless tires, you’re not immune to sidewall tears. To get home, you would need an inner tube, and something to brace the tear. In all cases, significant damage is a death sentence for your tire. Anything you do to fix it is a hack designed to get you home.
A few weeks ago, Alex and I used a rubber patch and some Gorilla tape to fix the sidewall on his road bike. We lucked out, and got to a bike shop 35 miles away in Key Largo. We had our jankey sidewall repair to thank for that.
Today, I’m replacing the front tire on my BMX and destroying my old one in the name of science. We’ll test these 5 hacks from 30 all the way to 120 PSI.
First we have duct tape, labeled T for tape. Alex and I did have this with us during our trip.
Next we have a standard rubber bike patch, labeled P. This is for patching inner tubes and is held on with rubber cement. Alex and I also had this during our trip.
Next, a glueless patch. To me this would be a last resort since it’s not very rigid. It’s labeled G for glueless.
Then we have a dollar bill. This is a well known hack, which I’ll demonstrate in this video.
Then finally, we have a Park Emergency Tire Boot which is made for sidewall repairs. I labeled it B for boot, but changed it to R for Reifenflicken! It seems that our German friends have a dedicated word just for tire patches.
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Seth, You should sell dollar bills on your website....for this exact purpose.
I would buy
for $1.01 each. Just to make that tiny bit of extra profit
for exactly $20 bucks
As long as they take cash
1 dolla bill for 5 dollars! it would have the Seth's Bike hacks logo on it and be a special colour. it would be from same material as dollar bill but customised to fit seth's channel. lol that would be cool!
A 5 dollar bill would be 5 times stronger.
Thomas Merrick yeaaa
A hundred dollar bill is 100x stronger, and also 100x sturdier
5x0 is still 0.
😂😂😂😂
what about a gold bar
Seth let me just say, you are the coolest guy on TH-cam by far, you are always a huge inspiration by being a great mountain biker in Florida! Which is not the first state that comes in mind when someone say mountain biking. Thank you
Thanks dude!
Maxwell Lehrich
I definitely agree strongly
definitely agree
100% correct
Maxwell Lehrich agreed
I slashed both brand new folding tires on a piece of glass on my mtb years ago, used the dollar bill hack to get home.
Then I sewed up the 1" gash with dental floss and rode the tires at 35 & 40psi until the tread was gone.
Another hack is to inflate the tube to the width of the tire and then wrap a section of the tube with duct tape so that it can't expand anymore, and line up the sidewall hole with the duct tape... no sidewall bulge.
Damn it! in Europe the smallest bill is 5 euros. So it gets quite expensive to repair a sidewall..
You get the bill back. Technically though you will have to replace the tire once you finish your ride so yeah.. it is quite expensive.
Same with Canada, my go to for a DIY boot is a bit of the tubes box wrapped in electrical tape so it wont get soggy, taped to the inside of the tire so it wont shift. I ran this for about 3 weeks under the tread because I ran over a nail and couldn't afford a new tire at the time (fixed gear too, so it saw some skidding). I don't recommend doing it for that long.
We allways can use the 500 one XDDD
you use it just to get to a place to fix your tire, then you put the bill back in your wallet....
Use SIS gel packaging instead
Im from the UK. can i use a pound coin ?
U know that bills actual are not paper? they are more kind of cotton then real paper?
Try the new fiver the plastic one
@@johzif5499 Everything is more expensive overseas -.-
No
How about a $1 bill duct taped in place?
That would not be legal, because causeing adhesive to money is vandalism, a federal crime.
Riley Rohe people tape dollar bills when they are ripped tho 🤔
Good idea
@@rileyrohe8322 yeah because your going to get jail time for repairing a bike tire. 🥞
@Riley Rohe obviously its not considered legal tender at this juncture. Come on now
Haha yes that's funny I am from Germany reifen=tire flicken=to patch kommt noch jemand aus deutschland?
Reifenflicken army
Mark Hagner klar 😀
Mark Hagner reifen ficken?
Mark Hagner ja ich
Mark Hagner ja servus
pls more german speaking seth :DDD
Германии Hendrik jip! its funny how he sad Reifenflicken
Германии Hendrik guten tag fuck off
Halo i bims 1 mauntenbaikfara auf main haarteyl
Ich hätte nichts gegen mehr deutsch.
@@sslumpf8631 digga der kommentar ist 3 jahre alt 😂😂
Nice one Seth ..... I keep patches made from a used toothpaste tube just cut the top and bottom of the tube and then cut into patches about the same size as the park patches this is never let me down yet.
Hey Seth, I keep a 2-3 inch piece of road tire just for this purpose. It really works! You don't need to glue it in, and because it's a piece of tire it's really strong. Take it easy.
You should bike around with some of these patches to see if riding the bike changes the results somehow.
How much does the dollar bill hack costs?
saranda dg 1,9922101 dollar
1.50 from inflation
saranda dg 2 dollars
Lol
about $1.06 depending on your local sales tax rate :-)
I'm From Germany and as you Sad "ReifenFlicken" You just really made my day man you just put a smile on my face. And "ReifenFlicken" Basically means Tire patch So it's something to repair the tire with.
Great Vid Man. Hello, Form Germany!
Deutschland XD
Respect you pronounst "Reifenflicken" nearly perfekt. Grüße aus Deutschland
col ly das dachte ich mir auch, er hat es garnicht schlecht gesagt 😌
Für nen Ami sehr gut !!
+Rentox Crew das ist fantastisch
Um como es sheßbe? Bonfire?
Great video! I think you still need to address the "Will this get me home?" question. Tires deform on literally every revolution, creating movement in between the tube and the tire (hence you tubes getting slightly fused to the tire after a while. I'd be interested to see how the bill fares against adhesive options, and how those adhesive options compare against each other.
Hey seth! I literally love your videos! I am a kid and I love riding bikes. I can jump on my pedal bike, no gears, and I love riding mountain bike. Thank you for keeping me outside!
oh, and if you plan to use more than one layer of tape, you should do each layer 45 degree rotated relative to the previous, that would help a lot in making the patch more isotropic
Damnit, Seth, you keep making me buy stuff. Picked up some Parks Reifenflicken, because I'm Canadian and we don't have One Dollar Bills.
Use a 5
Very interesting video and a good variation of patches. Although it woul have been more significant if you would have installed the tire and ride it a good bit before inspecting the result.
With the stress wile riding the rubber would have had a lot of work to do and the result would have been more towards a real life test...
Dollar bill was incredible! Thanks for the hack idea, Never heard of that one before.
You forgot to try a cliff bar wrapper or gel pack! :)
A Power Bar wrapper worked for me
watching your videos is getting me pumped for cycling season, in a few months!
This video is worth its weight in gold! What amazing content, been a fan for a while now and just discovered this due to a sidewall cut. Thank you for this 👍
The good old Reifenflicken
Very nice, I used the sticker from my bike store (that was on the bike) to get home once.
I tore a side wall on my tire 30 miles from civilization. The first hack I used ,
An empty GUE packet took me 10miles before failure, I then switched it out for a dollar bill and it took me home another 50 miles. Criticality we only passed 4 cars when I we were out in the middle of nowhere. So this was great information to have. Thank you
Most of the time, I don't watch your videos for the content, just to listen to your soothing voice
If I hadn't watched this a year ago I probably would've walked home or spend cash I don't have today. I used a Philippine Peso bill and it got me home.
Edit: The ride was around 10km
6 miles for americans
Tubeless ginamit mo sir?
@@rgbungee1420 nope 😁😅
@@ChristianJeremyOcaya ano pera ginamit pang cover sa sidewall?
@@rgbungee1420 50 lang ata o bente
use the tire boot with a dollar bill behind it a win-win
I love your hack videos. As someone that uses bikes for emergency preparedness I glean a lot from these videos. Thanks and keep them coming.
i have used many bike rubber patches to repair my sidewalls from tubeless tires, they are very usefull.
great video Seth! very usefull hacks
I've used an empty Gu wrapper and it works great.
Same here. I think it was a High 5 gel wrapper. Got me about 30km home on some rocky roads (hence why it tore in the first place).
Snickers rapper for me rapped around the inner tube over 50km, but I got home
Jon Lenvik clever!
Jon Lenvik what the heck is a guy wrapper
Jon Lenvik what the heck is a gu wrapper
The dollar got me home Lol
seth you are a true legend the whole of the UK mountain biking community love you!!!!!!!!
Hacks like this come in handy where I ride. Thank you Seth
I just put a dollar bill in the toolkit of my riding pack.
I keep a rolled-up 20 stuffed in my bar end behind the plug. Good for tire repair, good for emergency food, good for paying somebody if i need to hitchhike back.
Good to know. We will sure keep an eye out for your bike :-)
I think the glue patch was the best it preformed the best out of all of them and I would trust my life on it
You missed the "used gel pack" option! This is very handy as you always have a used gel in your pocket while riding!😎
I have used an empty gel and is works fine. :-)
Oh no! Don't tell me you ditched Drama in favor of a more willing trail dog!!
very interesting, i love how you cant stop offering value to your viewers. now i know something new.
This is by far my favorite TH-cam channel great videos
WoW! I'm going to have to buy some dollars!!!
The cheapest and most affectiv Patch is the dollar bill, only costs 1dollar and can be re-used :D
Last week, I was biking back home from work and I got a flat. Like a beginner, I replaced the innertube without figuring out why the flat happened in the first place, I pedal 10 seconds and the new innertube also went flat. That’s when I looked, and I saw a small tear in the sidewall. My memory went back to a bike hack video of five years ago in which I saw Seth use a one dollar bill… All I had was a $20 bill of course because I’m rich and famous. I patched the innertube, stuck in the folded $20 bill, And I’ve been writing fine since! Thank you, Seth from the past.
Really cool video man. Simple, creative, informative.
Hey seth do you think you could do a review on the diamond back release 3
It would be freaking awesome!!!!!!
He already did lol
Colin Dorsey it's basically the same as the old one except for color.
Oh thanks +Iron Platypus
Hmmm, I would use that Reifinfeiger (sp) to hold the dollar in place. Win / Win :)
4 layers of survival blanket got me home through drops and ruff with same method than the dollar bill hack.
Another good reason to always carry one!
Keep up with the good stuff Seth, love your channels.
Cheers
Very informative Seth. Thanks for the experiment!
I'd like to see you replace the back tire as well so it doesn't start messing with me
Reifenflicken is a Noun and a Verb
hahaha
no 2 nouns
flicken=to patch (verb)
Flicken=patch (noun)
Depends on the usage.
in this case its the 2 nouns combined, i know that there is a verb too
Arne Flemming Yeah but the verb is to flick a reifen. And i think the singular Grundform would be Reifenflicken because its 2parted verb/noun
I had to use the dollar bill trick to get one of my bikes that a buddy was riding the final 8 miles back to our truck just a couple weeks ago. It had about a 1” sidewalk tear. He and my Dad thought we were walking after the incident and were impressed with the Hack. I did give props to Seth!
I Love your videos! You make the videos easy and fun to watch. I love the hacks and tip that your share I hope to see more wonderful content coming our way! Great job keep it up!
what is the frame size on your mountain bike
the black and yellow diamond back
grey
Thomas Williamson it's a small
He rides a small but it looks like it could be a medium.
to 1:31 this is something you can find all over the german language.
In english you say tire patch.
we germans just put the words for tire (Reifen) and patch (Flicken) together and form a new word. This works basically for every combination of two or more words you can combine in a way that makes sense.
Nice work Seth! Another good review/experiment!
I like this format of videos, informative and fun to watch. I'm a daily commuter and once used a 100NT$ (Taiwan currency) on my road bike. Kept it in there till I replaced the tire 400km later. The best hack of all.
dude that new front tire on the bmx looks dope! Great videos seth!
This hack helped me in a trail... Without it, I wouldn't reach my home... Thanks a lot!
Hi Seth! Thank you for this video! Saw this a couple of weeks ago and the dollar hack really saved me the other day. I had a massive tear in the sidewall (about 1 inch long!!) with about 7 miles to go back to my car. But the dollar bill or actually 50 Norwegian kronor bill held up! If you ever decide to go riding in Norway feel free to contact me! We have a good thing going on here in Trysil, Norway!
Seth love your channel. I have watched almost all of your videos and loved every one of them. You should make a video on the way you should set up your bike for trails
this will help me till next week! thanks seth
Hey the $1 trick got me to work and back today thx a million
Seth last year I was on a road ride and had a similar side wall puncture. Though it was a little smaller. I fixed it with a dollar bill and forgot to replace the tire when i got home. I rode the tire all season till the fall then went to replace it and realized it was still in there. It just had some small cuts in it. Its the best hack ever.
I haven't had a compromised tire...yet. Good to know what I can use as a temporary solution. Thank you for the video!
You are a big inspiration in my life Seth I love your videos keep it up man you are the best😊
Good info to have. Thanks for doing this.
I keep a 4"X4" piece of dog food bag in my take along tool kit. Its the thick sort of foil type bag that tons of dog food comes in. Actually had to use it and it worked like a charm. Much like the dollar bill if not better. This was on a road bike with a much larger hole than in this video.
Seth, love your videos man. I watch them all. Would love to see a video of Markham's new wooden feature which I believe will be a wall ride of some sorts once it's opened! Keep it up!!!
Great video
Thanks
Thanks for this vid I watched it awhile ago and because of the vid I was able to save my ride to work I only had a bandaid not a dollar bill but it got me there and that night I went to my local bike shop and picked up a few tire boots thanks man
Was riding a century and blew a hole in my sidewall. I used a GU wrapper to brace it and it rode the rest of the 70 or so miles. Would like to see a gel wrapper tested
Nice demo. I always carry a Park tire boot, which I've used successfully, on a tubed tire. Haven't needed to try this on a tubeless with sealant though. I wonder about adhesion, so always carry a few alcohol wipes to clean up the patch area. I've sewn up a big tubeless sidewall gash with hd nylon thread, mostly out of curiosity, and it sealed up and rode just fine w Stans. Not wanting to press my luck, replaced tire soon after... Loved the trail dog vid. Ha.
Very very interesting.
I have a couple of 1$ notes from a previous trip. Never thought they could be useful at that.
thx. very informative.
good job man keep going
great stuff! I have DEF used the dollar bill hack as well as have used an empty Gu gel pack, no I just keep a few small pieces of cut up inner tube in my kit, have used that a few times with great success
Great video, very informative. I am going to buy one of those reifenflicken now that I know they exist.
I love how you pronounced "Reifenflicken" :D Greetings from Germany! :)
Your a lifesaver Seth
I love how you say "Reifenflicken"! :D Awesome Video!
I’ve ridden with a dollar holding my tube in for several months, the bill has fractured into many small pieces barely hanging onto each other but it got me through the early days of the pandemic parts shortages!
I'm impressed with your german Seth!! XD
THANK YOU THAT HELPED ME
thanks for this video
great comaprison of testing sidewall repaira fantastic
Loved the video. Interesting!
Omg you are so entertaining and inspire me allot, BTW I love that humour “REIFENFLICKEN!!” 😂😂🔥🔥
Hi Seth I'm one of your german follower and it's realy fun for me how you say "Reifenflicken" 😂
Do more vids like this! so cool!
Ja! That was really nice and funy! I have to check this with a 5 Euro bill!
Seth, you're chanel is amazing!
I've been riding a bmx tire with a business card sidewall patch job. been fine for a couple months now but I'm only running 65 psi. I secured it with gorilla tape as well so I'd say it is a sturdy setup.
Frank Clark With a credit card you’d have revolving credit !!!!!!
Seth nice stuff. I'm more of a roadie myself but recently had a sidewall tear on an old tire during a ride. A former racer/roadie friend of mine had given me his version of a tire boot to keep in my saddle bag and it worked great to get my home pumped to around 100 psi. His boot is a section of an old tire (road tire of course) that was cut to be about 3" long. Just put it in place like your dollar bill. Roadies also have used parts of Tyvek bags that you get in shipping from UPS/FedEX/USPS, again in a similar manner to the dollar bill.
I was thinking that for the MTB tires you could cut a part of an old sidewall (removing the bead and tread area) and use that as a boot similar to what my friend gave me. One old tire would result in dozens of boots.
A twenty dollar bill got me down the road on after a side wall tear on a gravel ride. It took me 40 + miles on quality flint hills gravel. The slash was a solid 1/2" tear on the side walls. running at about 50 PSI.
You forgot to mention energy bar wrapper. I've used this on my road bike and inflated with Co2. Got me home from 30 miles away.
Best TH-camr ever
Hey Seth, seeing that maxxis tire on the front wheel of you bike really sparked my mind, you should try setting your bmx bike up with mtb tires front and back as well as adding in a brake and see how it performs on the trails. I bet it would be fun for jumps! I also have been wondering, around when do you plan to announce the winners of the bike giveaway? I have been so pumped to see the results! Cool vid btw!!!
That new front tire makes your BMX look badass