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2. Repair kit - Wikipedia

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   Puncture repair kit with tire levers, sandpaper to clean off an area of the inner tube around the puncture, a tube of rubber solution (vulcanizing fluid), round and oval patches, a metal grater and piece of chalk to make chalk powder (to dust over excess rubber solution). Kits often also include a wax crayon to mark the puncture location.

3. Flat tire - Wikipedia

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   The CO 2 cartridge is generally a single use item only while the pump can be used to inflate many flat tires. The inner tube may then be repaired at a later date. Puncture repair kit, complete with tire levers, vulcanizing fluid, abrasive grater and fabric, puncture patches, and a bit of chalk to mark the puncture

4. Spare tire - Wikipedia

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   Punctures (flat tires) were common, and required the motorist to remove the wheel from the car, demount the tire, patch the inner tube, re-mount the tire, inflate the tire, and re-mount the wheel. To alleviate this time-consuming process, Walter and Tom Davies of Llanelli, Wales, invented the spare tire in 1904.

5. Tubular tyre - Wikipedia

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   The inner tube is covered with white talc powder to prevent it from sticking to itself. Tubular tire rolled from rim to show glue between them. A tubular tyre, referred to as a tub in Britain, [1] a sew-up in the US, a single in Australia [citation needed], or just a tubular is a bicycle tyre that is stitched closed around the inner tube to ...

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7. Contact patch - Wikipedia

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   Colorized tire footprint pressure distribution. The contact patch is the portion of a vehicle's tire that is in actual contact with the road surface.It is commonly used in the discussion of pneumatic (i.e. pressurized) tires, where the term is used strictly to describe the portion of the tire's tread that touches the road surface.