• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    1 day ago

    Are you thinking tire lever for a bicycle?

    Looks too thick fore that, but does look like a levering tool of some sort.

    • grue@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      More like a tool for inserting a tire plug in an automobile tire, maybe, but it’s not quite the right shape for that either. (Or at least, if it is that, it’s a really cheap one because usually they’re made of metal.)

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        13 hours ago

        tire plug? what are they doing with those pretzels. patch? stem? i am so confused. i need more pretzels

        i am growing to hate ai. it’s not bringing me enough pretzels

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          7 hours ago

          The “pretzels” are the tire plugs. They’re actually sticky rubber strips. You poke them into the tire, then pull the tool out quickly so that the plug stays behind:

          (Also, I’m aware that you were probably just joking, but I figured somebody reading this might be genuinely curious so I gave a sincere reply anyway.)

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            6 hours ago

            Just a note for those still curious, after you insert it and it looks like the pic above, you’re supposed to trim it flush with a razor blade.

      • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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        18 hours ago

        Yea, its not that, too thick/square, handle too small, etc. You’d never get a plug in with it (I’ve done thousands of them - tires are really tough). But I get how it looks like a plug tool.

        Looks like some kind of levering tool.

        As an aside, check out the screw-type tire plugs available today (basically a plastic #8 screw with glue on it). Way easier than the traditional plugs and work just as well.