Sittingduck
Legendary Member
- Location
- Somewhere flat
Does anyone still mend punctures
- Thread starter simon the viking
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lukesdad
Guest
y nah they're not down to the carcasse yet !You should invest in some decent tyres, mate
Banjo
Fuelled with Jelly Babies
- Location
- South Wales
Been riding the tourer lately. Found a couple of innertubes in the shed suitable for 32c tyres so put them in the rack bag. only noticed today that they have schrader valves so wouldn't have fitted anyway. Saw. Lots of folk with unplanned deflations on an Audax I did last week but felt confident having the 2 spares.Fortunately didn't need them. Halfords are doing 3 tubes for the price of two so I invested a tenner in 3presta tubes so can feel smug again. Had one deflation in. 4500 miles last year hope my luck holds out.
Christopher
Über Member
I always fix, probably irrationally. I have fixed and used tubes found at the side of the road (or fished out of a bin in one case!) but only have about a 50% success rate with them. Hardest to fix are snakebites on a 23mm tube. Have peeled patches off dead tubes and used them as well, have tried using the inner tube itself but could not get it to hold. With narrow tubes I put them in an old front wheel, put 100 psi in them and see if the patch holds 0 if it fails then it goes into the spares bin - haves used old tubes as chainstay protectors, ice axe handle covers and pony training aids.
I have been finding that cheap Continental tubes (the ones made in China) have an irritating habit of failing where the valve base joins the tube. Won't be buying them again!
I have been finding that cheap Continental tubes (the ones made in China) have an irritating habit of failing where the valve base joins the tube. Won't be buying them again!
Andrew_Culture
Internet Marketing bod
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- The People's Republic Of Suffolk.
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Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
Sometimes I balance a washing up bowl of water on my handlebars in case I have to mend a puncture at the roadside 
And I'd say that is my most likely p*ncture - from hitting a pothole or stone in the road. Obviously, you try and avoid such things.
I have loads of patches (left over from kits where the glue has dried up!). Most are big enough to encircle the tube but none of those little circular ones that get used on 23 or 25mm tubes. So, for me, any repairing session commences by buying glue and a strip of small patches! Given my doubts about quality and repair effectiveness, I could easily prefer the piece of mind of having a new tube.
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simon the viking
Guru
oldroadman
Veteran
- Location
- Ubique
Latex seem to puncture less, probably because they are more flexible and it needs a sharp penetration to pop them. They do make the ride nicer due to suppleness, though. Back in the day (when God was a boy and I was a junior) everyone smply used heavy tubs (13/14 oz in old money) for training and all riding, carrying two wrapped in a bit of newspaper strapped behind the saddle. Never needed more than one but it felt secure. I'm amazed that today so many people racing at club level don't bother with a spare and gas cylinder in small races, then expect someone else to collect them if they puncture! When I was a lad we used to....(cont'd P. 94)
endoman
Senior Member
- Location
- Chesterfield
I don't think the type of tube has any bearing on puncture resistance. Just find that the latex ones are harder to refit without pinching / tearing. My races will be TT's so if I flat I'm out. I'll make my way back slowly on the tub.
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simon the viking
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Sorry yello didnt mean to put my reply inside your quote. ooops!
+1 Only had one fail and that was due to heat of summer in France - the adhesive just gave up
