Check your rubber solution

[vernon]

I've been servicing my bikes and girding my loins for a renewed attempt to get out cycling regularly.

I had to go out and buy some fresh rubber solution as both of the tubes that I have had congealed and were useless. I'm so glad that I discovered the puncture in the comfort of my garage and not twenty or thirty miles away from home having already used the spare tube that I routinely carry on my rides.

Don't get caught out folks - both tubes looked and felt full-ish somehow the volatile matter had escaped leaving a stringy congealed mass in the tubes.

 

[numbnuts]

glueless patches come to mind

 

[vernon]

glueless patches come to mind

Worse than useless springs to mind.

 

[numbnuts]

Worse than useless springs to mind.

well you can't please everybody

 

[Aperitif]

Worse than useless springs to mind.

Not if you discover that all your crap rubber cement had solidified when you're miles from a pub vernon!

 

[vernon]

Not if you discover that all your crap rubber cement had solidified when you're miles from a pub vernon!

My only experience with glueless patches was less than satisfactory. They lived up to their name and were glueless and refused to adhere to the inner tube long enough to enable reasonable progress to be made before having to pump more air into them.

I might have been unlucky with glueless patches but I'm happy to stick (sic) with traditional puncture outfits.

 

[zacklaws]

I mentioned this problem with rubber solution a long while ago as I got stung by it when I found my opened tube had gone off, once I have used a tube out on the road, within a week or two I exchange it for an unopened tube so that I know it will not have gone off when I need it. To try and prolong the life of it, always squeeze from the bottom and before replacing the cap, squeeze it again till solution comes out and screw the top on, try and avoid air getting into the tube

The only problem I have is finding somewhere who sells the very small tubes, they have them in kits but bought over the counter its always larger tubes and most of it just gets wasted when it dries up, and also does not fit the small box I carry my repair kit in.

 

[Renard]

I always take a couple of spare inner tubes and CO2 catridges and do the repairs in the comfort of home.

 

[JamesAC]

glueless patches come to mind

+1 .. Halfords do them.

 

[summerdays]

I had to get a new tube recently after I lent mine to a child to fix his puncture ... he did it himself and seemed really proud of himself ... but informed me as I was leaving that the patch wouldn't stick so that he just used all the glue in the tube!!! I'm hoping it was enough to get him home - though apparently it wasn't that far.

 

[Brandane]

Lezyne glueless patches have rescued me a few times. Work perfectly, and have done permanent repairs which have been on the current tubes for 2 or 3k miles.

 

[Chrisz]

Lezyne glueless patches have rescued me a few times. Work perfectly, and have done permanent repairs which have been on the current tubes for 2 or 3k miles.

+1

 

[Toeclip]

I always carry at least two spare inner tubes plus a repair kit on all my rides. But my club mate once had 8 punctures while on a 200k Audax he wasn`t a happy bunny!