The All-Purpose Bike Repair Tool: Duct Tape

The All-Purpose Bike Repair Tool: Duct Tape

If you pack the emergency repair kit, you should be able to handle many of the basic emergencies that may strike when you ride. However, at some point, you may find yourself in a situation where a part of your bike needs repairing or replacing and you don't have the tools to do the job, but you still need to keep riding. This is when you need to put on your MacGyver hat and get creative. A piece of wire on the side of the road may be good enough to secure a loose bottle cage. A PowerBar wrapper could be used to boot a tire. Really the only limit to bike repair and maintenance at least as a temporary fix is your imagination.

Perhaps the most valuable of the multipurpose materials you can use to fix your bike is duct tape. Serious bikers always leave a roll in their bag for special emergencies. Duct tape is strong and secure, resists water, and can get you out of a number of jams. Here's a list of some of the things you can do using duct tape and a little old-fashioned ingenuity:

Hold a torn saddle together

Keep a loose saddle post from coming off

Secure a bike pump to your frame if the mounting bracket breaks

Repair rips or tears in clothing, pouches, and pannier bags

Attach a flashlight to your bike or helmet

Hold together a cracked helmet at least until you can get home and replace it

Hold together frayed cable ends

Boot a torn tire

Secure a broken buckle on a shoe

Hold a bottle on a bike if the cage falls off

Any and all repairs, patches, and fixes using duct tape are temporary and must be replaced at the earliest possible time.

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