Today I have a couple easy options on how to use Duct Tape for the better good of your wallet & your bicycle.

First we have the saddle. Once I find a saddle that works for me and doesn’t hurt those sensitive tissue areas down under I try to stick with it. I’ve had this WTB saddle for a little while and it seems to do the trick for the trails around Charlotte. The fabric started to rip around where it is stretched over the plastic casing. After applying a short strip of duct tape around the mid section of the nose it is fixed.

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Now there is the duct tape rim strip. What is a rim strip you say? If you were to take your tire & tube off your wheel there is normally a plastic or fabric piece between the wheel and your tube. It should run in the valley of your rim where the spoke holes are to protect your tube from getting cut by the rim or sucked into those ugly spoke holes. This is a more advance move as you need to know how to take your tire & tube off the rim. If you are using thinner duct tape use two layers of tape, if you are using medium to higher grade you should be fine with one layer. Also make sure not to cover the hole where your valve goes through (the valve hole) if you need to simply cut a hole through the duct tape at that spot.

No Rim Strip :

New Rim Strip:

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