How many patches on an inner tube before you bin it?

[Tin Pot]

It is all about the glue. You must let it 'flash off' / dry before pressing the patch on. Sounds counter intuitive but if the glue has any 'wet' visible that is the path that leads to a bodged repair, that is.

Glueless...

 

[Colin_P]

Glueless...

I'll stick around to see how you got on.

 

[Tin Pot]

I'll stick around to see how you got on.

I have no idea what we're talking about anymore

 

[screenman]

This doesn't seem like a very statistically balanced observation. To make a fair comparison the test would have to be run using control tyres of the same make, model and amount of wear. If the people who have multiple repairs on a tube are getting more punctures then this could be more indicative of a tendency to keep tyres for longer before replacing whereas the people who fit a new tube everytime and throw away the old tube are doing similar with their tyres. i.e changing tyres every few months or even after a puncture (don't laugh, I have seen it suggested on this forum quite a few times). I still stand by my claim that it is physically impossible for a correctly repaired inner tube to be the cause of further punctures (I obviously exclude botched repairs from this statement).

I was merely making an observation.

 

[I like Skol]

OK, I just thought you were intending to add something relevant to the thread......

 

[potsy]

OK, I just thought you were intending to add something relevant to the thread......

I still have that inner tube in the car that you swapped over for me at CV, it would normally have been binned but those mtb tubes are that big it would fill it.
Maybe I'll repair it one day, but probably not.

 

[I like Skol]

I still have that inner tube in the car that you swapped over for me at CV, it would normally have been binned but those mtb tubes are that big it would fill it.
Maybe I'll repair it one day, but probably not.

Give it to me then, It will do for the boy's best bike......

 

[StuartG]

I guess I get about 2/3 punctures a year. I carry two new tubes and a patch kit for the unlikely event I had a multiple failure and couldn't nick another from a fellow rider.
Punctured tubes are thrown when I get home because:

1) Patching is the Butler's job - and I don't have one.
2) The time to fix, test and repack is worth more than a new tube.
3) I can never get an old tube to fit into the space of a new tube.
4) On a group ride the imperative is to fix fast and not to have to re-fix because the patch failed.
5) Even my successful patches tended to become 'slows' in use. Worst of all worlds.

 

[screenman]

OK, I just thought you were intending to add something relevant to the thread......

Do you not think there maybe a link between the people with the most patches getting the most punctures.

 

[Colin_P]

Do you not think there maybe a link between the people with the most patches getting the most punctures.

I don't. I'm obviously a 'patcher' and I can go for very long periods without a puncture and then like buses I might get two or three at a time.

But there may be something in it, if the repairs are not done properly.

....But, as cyclists we are all doing our bit for the environment and that should extend to not throwing something away that can be easily fixed.

 

[screenman]

I don't. I'm obviously a 'patcher' and I can go for very long periods without a puncture and then like buses I might get two or three at a time.

But there may be something in it, if the repairs are not done properly.

....But, as cyclists we are all doing our bit for the environment and that should extend to not throwing something away that can be easily fixed.

Completely agree with your last line I have found a good use for the one punctured inner tube I have had in the last 5 years. I think we should all stop using the internet as well as I am sure that does as much damage as one inner tube every few years

 

[Tin Pot]

So I'm just ordering some fresh tubes and some patches, but I can't find an obvious puncture repair glue at Halfords.

They have tyre or tube sealant that you "squirt in and rotate the wheel a few times" which doesn't sound like puncture repair glue.

My "good" patch failed after 2hrs last night.

 

[I like Skol]

So I'm just ordering some fresh tubes and some patches, but I can't find an obvious puncture repair glue at Halfords.

They have tyre or tube sealant that you "squirt in and rotate the wheel a few times" which doesn't sound like puncture repair glue.

My "good" patch failed after 2hrs last night.

Halfords!
THIS is what you need, although I usually buy THIS one which is essentially the same. The important bit is to get feather edge patches to use with glue. If you do it right there is more than enough glue in that tiny tube and I now have a few unopened tubes of glue knocking about the workshop.

 

[Tin Pot]

Halfords!
THIS is what you need, although I usually buy THIS one which is essentially the same. The important bit is to get feather edge patches to use with glue. If you do it right there is more than enough glue in that tiny tube and I now have a few unopened tubes of glue knocking about the workshop.

Cool, thought you might buy them seperately. I guess Ill have to see if Santa thinks I was good this year!

What a crappy Christmas list I have...

 

[totallyfixed]

I used to have a source of smaller sized patches for narrower tubes, does anyone know where they can be purchased as a stand alone buy? I don't want to have to buy a repair kit as I have plenty of those. IME a lot of repairs fail because the patch is too wide for the tube so the edges don't stick down properly.