With the combination of forgotten survival kit, pinch flat, borrowed tube with short stem, and deep rims I could have used one of these the other night.
Still, I was better off than the guy I found stranded at 1am last night having been harassed and had his tyre slashed. Gave him my spare tube, some glue and patches and went on my way, I hope he made it the 30 odd km's he had to cover.
Arkitip
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Maybe you could design one and approach JCDecaux and pitch it? Or take it to BP and get them to install one in each servo? We could generate a mad hype campaign for them...
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interesting idea, very interesting. I suspect would would have a better chance in other markets before the home market but it could be worth a shot. Would at least be a challenging project!
i'll buy you a ham one day...
A good use for all those cigarette vending machines that are no longer in use, a little tinkering, and healthy tubes for all.
That's another brilliant idea!
You'd probably be better off more strategically locating them, ie along bike paths or at major bus interchanges/railway stations and such. That way you'd be dealing with the council as opposed to a pure profit driven entity. I guess the implication of that is that you'd be paying rent on space, but not commission. Plus it means you could better target small test cases and roll out from there. I think I've thought too much about this for you DS.
you thinking too much? that doesn't sound like you....
The council idea is a good one as you can appeal to the philanthropic ideal there, much harder in the private enterprise. The thing that something like the service station location has is a lower risk of vandalism, and easily identifiable location. However they also have shelves they could easily stock tubes on.
The bike path/transport hub location would certainly be worth looking into.
A more immediate course of action it to try to convince cafes and pubs with high bike based custom to have a stock of tubes and basic kit on site. After I fixed a flat at the bar at the Wheaty the other night they are getting it sorted out there.
one of the design studios in town has established a workshop area, if you get a flat around Surry Hills you can drop in and repair it...
I think it was on Candy Cranks that I read about that. I used that as an example when convincing the Wheaty to do it too.
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