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(Continued from page 22) negative; starting nearly 50 years ago when I used it on a tubed rear tyre (remember those?). Not only did it inflate poorly but the only sealing it did was to the valve, which it clogged up completely. That was a long walk home. Much more recently, on one of the Tipper runs to the Cotswalds, I managed to get simultaneously one major and two minor unsuspected punctures. Thanks to the unsuspected ones the puncture repair never seemed to work and eventually, in desperation, Geoff Preston produced one of these cans. We used it as well as pumping the tyre up to pressure. I rode with this whilst keeping a close eye on the TPMS readings. The tyre did not seem to lose pressure, in fact it slowly and inexorably started rising, and I watched with increasing nervousness as it rose to well over 50psi.before gradually starting to decline again. The rest of the journey home involved stopping every few miles to top up the tyre so I suppose the gunk, even if it failed to seal, at least gave me a 20 mile respite from this. On the only other occasion on a run when I have seen it used it failed to seal, but dribbled out of the puncture to create the sickest looking rear tyre it has been my misfortune to encounter. Other people may have had happier experiences, but I can only report mine.

It occurs to me that there is one further possibility for handling punctures. Ensure that you are riding with John Tipper. That guy is an absolute ace at fixing them and, for you, this is the most effective, reliable, and trouble -free solution!