Lezyene Pre Glued Patches

[ianrauk]

I don't know what else I could have done. Cleaned and dried the tube. Then weighted the patch overnight. Still popped off as soon as I stuck some air in it.

Silly question. Did you inflate the tube outside of the tyre?

 

[ianrauk]

[QUOTE="w00hoo_kent, post: 3608688, member: 36674"
I failed to use them properly to start off with, but once I got the hang of the whole 'hold 'em tight for 30 seconds to stick them all down' bit I've not had a failure.[/QUOTE]

^^ This is the key to successful use of pre-glues patches.

 

[TheJDog]

Silly question. Did you inflate the tube outside of the tyre?

Nope

 

[w00hoo_kent]

Silly question #2. Had you had the patches for very long before you needed them?

 

[TheJDog]

Silly question #2. Had you had the patches for very long before you needed them?

Bought 'em the same day I used 'em.

 

[ANT 666]

I had some park patches for about a year before i needed to use them then they were no good, would not stick. as i bought them as a last resort (I always carry at least 2 tubes) I was not impressed. Can't see the point of having them if after a certain amount of time they give up, just a waste of cash.

 

[Arjimlad]

As long as you roughen the tube I have found Lezyne patches 100% reliable. Holding 120psi for ages..
Not just a "get you home" repair... a permanent repair.

I was once misled into buying some Evans own brand patches which er, weren't a patch on the Lezyne ones.

 

[jefmcg]

so what did I do wrong? Patch held for 3 days and about 500km (audax) at 120psi. I'm pretty sure I roughened it, and stuck it under a table leg for a few minutes to make it hold. Bubble was raised under the patch when I examined it, and it peeled off cleanly with some effort. Hole was a 2 or 3mm slit in tube. Patch failed while bike was hanging from a hook, 9 hours after last ride.

Repatch or bin?

 

[Fastpedaller]

Ancient thread resurrection time
We were placing a Temu order so I included 'glueless patches' for IIRC 54p for 10
My thought being that I carry a tube or 2, if getting a puncture it's not easy to use glue (unless it's never been opened, it may be dried) so if a glueless patch gets me home, that's good enough. Earlier comments suggest they may be useful for such an emergency.
It's cold in the garage so I may try a test on an old tube and report back.

 

[Dan Lotus]

Yes please do!

 

[matticus]

Ancient thread resurrection time

... and report back.

It would be interesting to hear from anyone who applied one in 2015.

 

[Fastpedaller]

I tried one a short while ago. The temperature in the garage was 7 degrees. I considered using some 320 grit paper to roughen the tube, but settled for the (quite sharp and viscious-looking) metal 'tool' provided - it worked surprisingly well. The patch was applied and held firm with finger/thumb pressure for several seconds. As the test was on an old (cut through) piece of tube, I was unable to test it with air pressure, however, it needed a sharp fingernail and considerable tension to remove it. I concluded it was very likely to work as a get-me-home repair.
54p well spent