How do you do it?
Usually in the heat of the moment I sort of jamb it on the end and hope, after a failure the other day I've pre-loaded the prong with an anchovie. Anyone ever threaded one? I resorted to widening the prongs and then used pliers to close them up after, but I'm sure the prongs will fatigue and snap at some point!
Boak.
I have no idea if this is about eating actual fish anchovies with a fork or about carrying out a tubeless repair with repair material also known as anchovies. Either way I'm confused.
Only ever done one repair. Pretty sure I put the anchovy against the tyre and then pushed it in with the fork.
Yeah, it reads a bit random!
Threading sticky strings for tubeless repairs onto the prongy thing...
I find this impossible too.
I'm glad I've only ever pre-loaded, and not had to try it whilst air is escaping and the clock is ticking.
I have threaded once, using pliers to pull it through, but that is not trail-side friendly. I would really love someone to design something that could be loaded easily.
It's a piece of piss to do . Put the anchovy in the gap between the two prongs , wrap it round a bit , shove the fork plus anchovy in the hole , withdraw fork leaving anchovy in hole to help sealant plug it . Inflate tyre , carry on riding .
I tend to tear the anchovy length wise any way as it’s easier to thread through the fork tool and makes twice as many anchovies. Yes it does meant having to use two thinner ones if the first one doesn’t plug the hole (which it usually does) but it’s no drama adding a 2nd
I find the Weldite and spares off of EBay are a bit thick to thread straight out of the pack through the fork tool and haven’t found any so far that do
Carlos
