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RE: 🚴 Catastrophic Tire Failure In Suriname 🚳👎

in OCD3 years ago

Aw man, that stinks in many ways. At least you didn't seem to lose your balance and tumble when the tire popped, which is good, but dealing with stripped screws is just a royal pain in the ass. Good luck! I hope your idea works out.

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The rear tire is less dangerous than the front to have a sudden blowout. That being said though, changing a rear tire almost always means discovering several more problems in the process. The Cubans across the street had a file, and we were able to use a Torx wrench to get the screw out.

Once out, the guys filed two sides of the screw, making it possible to reinstall it with a flathead screwdriver. As we are migrants here, I don't want to invest any tools I will only use once, so that's why I was gonna attempt to weld the screw to an allen wrench with some JB Weld. Luckily I avoided this potentially messy solution.