You are not aloneI quite enjoy repairing tubes, but not if it's cold, dark, and pissing with rain.
You're the second person to mention this procedure. I like it. I wish I'd thought of it myself, and may adopt it in future.If I get a puncture out on the road, I fit a new or unpatched tube from my seatpost bag and take the damaged tube home to repair. After it's been patched, I take the unpatched tube off the wheel, roll it up and put it back in the seatpost bag. I fit the newly patched tube to the wheel ...
I've had four punctures in a day on more than one occasion.4 repairs seems about right to me.
I wouldn't dream of throwing a tube away unless there was no more room to fit patches. Firstly, it's wasteful, and secondly, I'm not going to leave myself without a spare unless I'm absolutely forced to. I think those who are throwing them away are symptomatic of a throw-away society.
I've had four punctures in a day on more than one occasion.
What brings that on? Had you been checking for thorns or stuff stuck in the tyre?I've had four punctures in a day on more than one occasion.
What brings that on? Had you been checking for thorns or stuff stuck in the tyre?
Halfords own brand are good in this respect, they are lightly talced and shrink wrapped.
I quite enjoy repairing tubes, but not if it's cold, dark, and pissing with rain.
Yep - been there done that. In my case patches just wouldn't stick until eventually I succeeded in achieving a slow puncture "repair". Like you it was decades ago (possibly around the time butyl tubes appeared?) You cannot reliably fix a butyl tube at the side of the road and certainly not in the wet. That's why we all carry spares these days.Indeed! I've had one day of repeating punctures, and it was 30 years ago. It was because I was patching the same damn snakebite in the p*ssing rain, 20 miles from home, out in the open with a wet, gritty tube, and the patch never getting a chance to bond. Boy that was a long day, and boy do I wish I had a tube in the pocket that day!