Jefferson Meriwether
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I just replace with a new inner tube; can't rememeber the last time I did a repair. I sometimes think it's possibly a bit wasteful and that I should get into the habit of repairing.
Rubbish !patches here as well. Leyzne self-adhesive type - if you apply them to a partially inflated inner tube you don't over stretch the glue on the back of the patch when you re-inflate the inner tube afterwards and most holes allow you to get a reasonable amount of air into the inner tube (but not all) so you put the patch over a stretched inner tube (otherwise as you inflate the tyre you stretch the glue off the back of the patch which causes it to fail).
We have cycled 1,000's of miless on patched innertubes on tour & for commuting and not encountered issues with failures using the above method.
One tip is to hold your thumb over the hole to inflate inner tube and quickly apply patch, then hold patch firmly for 30seconds.
I only stated what I have witnessed and what I have found best fixing flat tyres and I have used self-adhesive patches for a long time. Might not be the case of stretching that far on road tyres but on my touring & mountain bike inner tubes, I have seen them stretch the glue too thin on patches which then don't stick as well, leaving a ring of glue around the patch as well. Each to their own.Rubbish !
Its not glue for starters !I only stated what I have witnessed and what I have found best fixing flat tyres and I have used self-adhesive patches for a long time. Might not be the case of stretching that far on road tyres but on my touring & mountain bike inner tubes, I have seen them stretch the glue too thin on patches which then don't stick as well, leaving a ring of glue around the patch as well. Each to their own.
Don't take any notice of LD. He's got a forum version of tourettes.I only stated what I have witnessed and what I have found best fixing flat tyres and I have used self-adhesive patches for a long time. Might not be the case of stretching that far on road tyres but on my touring & mountain bike inner tubes, I have seen them stretch the glue too thin on patches which then don't stick as well, leaving a ring of glue around the patch as well. Each to their own.
l will happily drop any future punctured inner tubes into you for recycling pardon the pun. I will let you when the next one happensThosw who want to bin them can send them to me !
I am not proud , with 2 young kids cash for bike bits is limited