Must have bike tools

[RustySprockets]

I can even save you the dollar! Stop at a Post Office and grab one of their Tyvek mailer envelopes from the lobby display. They're tough and waterproof...you'll need scissors to cut one. A single pouch could easily produce a dozen tire boots to carry along in your kit.

 

[Mr. Monkeyarms]

Flat tires never come via appointment, nor do crashes.
Hence, keeping a US 1-dollar bill and some gorilla glue "black tape" in my tire repair kit for the purpose of sealing patching those nasty "gash type cuts" holes in a tire, say from rolling over shards of glass or sharp slicing torn aluminum can.

I then repair the tire with the strong paper dollar bill and or black tape by fastening it to/on the "inside" of the tire to prevent new inner tube from blowing out of the same hole again once wheel is assembled and inflated with air.
I keep 12-inch piece of tape stuck around my onboard air pump and unpeel it to use as needed.
A USA Team pro bicycle mechanic "Steve Donovan" taught me this tool trick and I've utilized it twice in my lifetime.
This tool trick keeps you rolling and back home in a pinch.

Old school steel tire levers are my favorite.

Crashing always Sucks!
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Nice! I've done the same on mtb. Always carry a dollar bill. Repair tube hernias. Saves you out in the wilderness trail.

Sorry, I never took any photos during said spot repairs that came about so suddenly, frustratingly.
In other words, the paper bill or tape acts like a large "suture" providing a barrier or mending the elongated sliced-hole back to a modified state so that the bicycle can be quickly ridden again, as opposed to walking back to where you climbed on it in the 1st place.
Trick is...don't re-inflate the sutured tire to hard again. A medium spongy tire applies here, as mentioned, it is a desperate quick fix in a pinch and it has worked twice for me.
Apply your imagination, this repair looks just like it sounds....piece of tape stuck to inside of tire, not outside.

Tool On~

Good tip. Money is just a tool. Here is dollar patch. The sidewall tear was big and tube would herniate when pumped up. So had to fold bill several times into compact rectangle to reinforce sidewall. Inflated just enough to ride easy and not hike a bike for several miles. It works!
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Energy bar wrappers make a good tire boot as well for blown/slashed sidewalls!

 

[J-wagon]

I'm constantly patching tubes, a bucket of water for quick leak finding and quick grip clamp tool third hand must have for me.

 

[ricobike]

I'm constantly patching tubes, a bucket of water for quick leak finding and quick grip clamp tool third hand must have for me.
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Don't forget the big container of Slime rubber cement .

 

[OldSkipTooth]

 

[J-wagon]

Here is dollar patch. The sidewall tear was big and tube would herniate when pumped up. So had to fold bill several times into compact rectangle to reinforce sidewall. Inflated just enough to ride easy and not hike a bike for several miles. It works!

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Cleaning up myself gear and found my old dollar patch, crusty

 

[catfish]

 

[J-wagon]

A set of nut extractors very handy for rounded nuts. Removed rounded out seized stem bolt with great ease.

 

[blackhawknj]

A cotter pin press for English 3-speeds. I bought the Park 40+ years ago, discontinued IIRC, Bikesmith Designs lists one.

 

[morton]

I prefer this tool from the fine folks at Harbor Freight for removing cottered cranks...easy and takes only a couple minutes:

1.Cut of both crank arms
2. Remove crank, bearings/races
3.Install 3 piece crank set assembly

Like I said, quick and easy