<VV>High rise air cleaner/spare

[Chris C, Warwick RI]

I admit it.  I don't carry a spare.  Generally only go a 30 mile circle, 
and have not ever had a blowout.  Carry a can of FIX-A-FLAT  and a small 
jump/charge/flash light which has always at least gotten me, or the guy 
next to me, home.

At 06:09 AM 5/23/2006, you wrote:

>>Just use a spare lugnut [ bevel up]  to raise the spare!
>
>Right now the weight of the spare is on the frame rail. Adding a lug nut 
>like that would put all of the weight on the unsupported lug holes of the 
>wheel. I would be concerned that over a long period of time this 
>cantilevered stress would deform the center of the wheel. Have thought 
>about (for almost three minutes now) a frame to go under the wheel that 
>would avoid putting all of the stress on a small area.
>
>Has anyone done this for a long period (years) ?
>
>Padgett
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