Do the puncture repair aerosols work?

[abbie]

I did an charity ride today (my first organised event) and was unlucky in having two punctures.

I had taken a spare tube and a repair kit so for the first puncture managed to get going again quickly using the new tube. The second puncture an hour later meant I had no spare tube left so repaired the first tube. It had four holes in it, as one was plugged another was found etc. The second tube just had two holes so got that patched up and finished the ride having to keep pumping air into the tyres.

Now I checked the tyre after the first puncture and could find nothing lodged in the wall so think it was just bad luck. I've learnt today that one spare tube is not enough but wondered if the repair aerosols are worth having also?

 

[Norm]

I've used them in the past but they are bigger, less reliable and relatively heavy compared to a spare inner tube or a puncture repair kit. IMO.

 

[Doug.]

I did an charity ride today (my first organised event) and was unlucky in having two punctures.

I had taken a spare tube and a repair kit so for the first puncture managed to get going again quickly using the new tube. The second puncture an hour later meant I had no spare tube left so repaired the first tube. It had four holes in it, as one was plugged another was found etc. The second tube just had two holes so got that patched up and finished the ride having to keep pumping air into the tyres.

Now I checked the tyre after the first puncture and could find nothing lodged in the wall so think it was just bad luck. I've learnt today that one spare tube is not enough but wondered if the repair aerosols are worth having also?

 

[Doug.]

Yes.
Doug.

 

[abbie]

Thanks for advise, I picked a can up today in decathlon so should same situation arise I will give it a whirl.

 

[kewb]

wreck tubes ,

once used that tubes no longer going to accept air making them an expensive  repair on a relative cheap fix .

 

[abbie]

wreck tubes ,

once used that tubes no longer going to accept air making them an expensive repair on a relative cheap fix .

I won't use it as a replacement for a repair but in a situation like yesterday where the tube was riddled with holes and I just wanted to make the last few miles back this would have made things much easier. I ended up throwing both tubes away as when I looked at them today one had a long rip along the seam and the other looked like a patchwork quilt and still needed more plugging.

 

[HLaB]

I've never used them my self but they seem to be one hit. Say in your case Abbie you had patched the tube and used the aerosol but the tyre went down again (as you say there was 4 holes) you wouldn't have any more gas unless it was one of the combi type, pump/aerosol.

OT, you say the tube had two small holes in it, I'm guessing thats a 'snake bite' (pinch p'ture) its normally caused by underinflated tyres and hitting a pothole or something that caues the tube to get pinched between the rim and the tyre. This leaves no trace other than the holes.

 

[kewb]

i know one guy who used slime in all his kids tyres to save repairing punctures , never quite worked out though .

 

[screenman]

I used it on my cross bike for 5 years I put it in at the beginning of the season and never had a flat, at the end of each year when the tyres came off you could see a lot of white dots where the sealant had worked. Around here we have a lot of hawthorne hedging and it seems to work well for those types of punctures. I still manage to get air in my tyres using a track pump when needed.

 

[Fran143]

Yep, I have used them and Lilds are going to be selling them in the next few weeks at £2.99 good time to try them.

 

[davefb]

Yep, I have used them and Lilds are going to be selling them in the next few weeks at £2.99 good time to try them.

:-/ , think i'll get some,, just 'broke my duck' on friday evening and had my first puncture ( about 300miles riding )..

then 2nd on the way in this morning .. I've had a *really* good look , but couldnt see any obvious marks.......

can't *really* bring myself to get new tyres , since they're so new , so got some 'slime insert thing', ie 8 quid for a bit of plastic ..

just glad in both cases i could 'limp' to base and didnt have to change inners in the rain

 

[HLaB]

:-/ , think i'll get some,, just 'broke my duck' on friday evening and had my first puncture ( about 300miles riding )..

then 2nd on the way in this morning .. I've had a *really* good look , but couldnt see any obvious marks.......

can't *really* bring myself to get new tyres , since they're so new , so got some 'slime insert thing', ie 8 quid for a bit of plastic ..

just glad in both cases i could 'limp' to base and didnt have to change inners in the rain

Dave, just a wild guess but some cases folk after getting a p'ture don't pump their tyres back up to the reccomended pressure and suffer from a subsequent p'ture (two small holes) caused by the underinflated tube getting 'pinched' between the wheel rim and tyre (commonly known as a snake bite) this leaves no obvious marks in the tyres.

 

[davefb]

Dave, just a wild guess but some cases folk after getting a p'ture don't pump their tyres back up to the reccomended pressure and suffer from a subsequent p'ture (two small holes) caused by the underinflated tube getting 'pinched' between the wheel rim and tyre (commonly known as a snake bite) this leaves no obvious marks in the tyres.

put em to 80 .... ( max85 for tyre..)


of course, that was nice and easy with the stand pump,,its a bit tiring getting above 30 with the small-bike-one ... but i'm gunna try

 

[PpPete]

The cans are OK as a get you home fix for a low pressure tyre. I've used them to sort a mate's MTB when he had no spare tubes or 15mm spanner for his wheel nuts.
On a road bike - forget it.