How fast can you fix a p**nct**e?

[spandex]

if it isn't worth 5 minutes of your time to fix a £4 tube are you all on £50/hr?

Yer £4 for the cheep ones its £6.99 rrp for mine

 

[spandex]

thirty three, maybe

i find that patches don't cope so well when half straddling earlier patches - so then it's the bin, but if there's room for one more patch, it's still a goer as far as i'm concerned.

Just turn to tube round

 

[yenrod]

'but if there's room for one more patch, it's still a goer as far as i'm concerned.

So its a toss up between Fossyants 3 patches then binned OR Hubs; if there's space: what a dilemma !

 

[hubgearfreak]

Just turn to tube round

i'm working on getting them inside out

 

[spandex]

i'm working on getting them inside out

good luck on that one

 

[Joe24]

if it isn't worth 5 minutes of your time to fix a £4 tube are you all on £50/hr?

£4 for a tube!!! Rip off.
I get Specialized ones for £1. So throwing the tube away or using it to protect my frame isnt too bad.
But so far, i havent had a puncture that i could repair on the tube. Only when i have ripped the valves away when taking the pump away

 

[swee'pea99]

I get Specialized ones for £1.

Eh? Where?

 

[spandex]

Joe 24 where do you get them from as thsts under the trade price!

some tubes are as low as 36p trade with a rrp of £4.59

 

[DieselDemon]

if it isn't worth 5 minutes of your time to fix a £4 tube are you all on £50/hr?

I get the £2.00 tubes at ASDA.

 

[MajorMantra]

Joe 24 where do you get them from as thsts under the trade price!

+1. I could use some cheap tubes.

Matthew

 

[spandex]

God this thread has been long dead!!!

 

[Tynan]

noobs clicking on those stoopid related links at the foot of the pages

 

[MajorMantra]

Whoops, didn't notice that.

Seriously though, reviving old threads isn't especially helpful.

Matthew

 

[threefingerjoe]

How fast to replace a tube? I'll admit, I'm dreadfully slow. Takes me 15-20 minutes, longer if in the dark. And I don't mind. With tyre repairs, I'm reminded of the old adage, "Haste makes waste." I take my good old time, searching for the tiny piece of glass that caused the problem. Sometimes I find it right away, sometimes it takes a little longer. Also, it takes a little longer if you have to center a tyre liner. I inflate a tube just a little, then carefully check all the way around both sides to see that I don't have the tube pinched anywhere. I pump it up a little more and make sure the bead is properly centered.

Too many times, I've seen people change a tire quickly, and then ruin the new tube before they even finish pumping up the tyre.

I'm also of the mind of "carry a spare tube AND a patch kit." You can always repair the punctured tube at your leisure at home. It's been a long time (I know, I just jinxed myself) since I've had a second puncture on the same trip, and had to patch a tube on the road, but I'm prepared, should the occasion arise.

 

[lukesdad]

Send me all these tubes that havn t been repaired Ill ave em !