Forgive me Lord, for I have binned

[Sharky]

Went for a ride at the weekend - tyres at full pressure.
Got home - still tyres OK
Left overnight and front tyre flat!

Now I always repair if I can, so this morning, removed the inner, checked the outer and pumped up. Could not find the leak, so into a bowl of water.
This revealed the leakage - it was in the middle of an existing patch that I had stuck on last year.
Removed the patch and sanded down the area, but the old glue refused to come off completely. I did stick a new patch over it and it seemed to hold, but by this time I had lost all my faith in the repair and imagined that out on the road, it would probably fail again.

So into the bin it went.

Felt a bit guilty as otherwise it was a good newish tube, but with winter ahead of us, didn't want to risk it.

 

[Slioch]

Spooky.
I did exactly the same thing at the weekend. Newish tube that had gone down overnight, bubbles coming out of the middle of the only patch on the tube, didn't feel confident in the new patch I slapped on, so tube binned.
The existing patch was one of those pre-glued "scab" thingies, so wonder if that might be the reason for the fail? Never had that happen with the old fashioned patches you need to use glue with.

 

[johnblack]

I have at least 5 or 6 tubes in the shed that are waiting repair and another 7 or 8 new tubes waiting their turn. I don't see those tubes ever being fixed.

 

[Slick]

I have at least 5 or 6 tubes in the shed that are waiting repair and another 7 or 8 new tubes waiting their turn. I don't see those tubes ever being fixed.

I'm much the same, I'll get a round tuit soon. 😊

 

[screenman]

I have at least 5 or 6 tubes in the shed that are waiting repair and another 7 or 8 new tubes waiting their turn. I don't see those tubes ever being fixed.

How many, I have not had that many punctures in the last 30 years or more.

 

[johnblack]

How many, I have not had that many punctures in the last 30 years or more.

I was wheelman at a local race using bridlepaths, most came from that carnage.

 

[furball]

Get it back out of the bin. Old tubes have 101 uses.

 

[classic33]

I'm much the same, I'll get a round tuit soon. 😊

 

[a.twiddler]

A friend of mine bought me a round tuit some years ago in the expectation that overnight I would become a D-I-Y whiz. While lots of things do get done nowadays, what mainly happened was that I worked harder to find even more ingenious reasons for not doing stuff. A round tuit is nice to have, but isn't the total solution if like me, you suffer from terminal inertia.

 

[carvelos]

A friend of mine bought me a round tuit some years ago in the expectation that overnight I would become a D-I-Y whiz. While lots of things do get done nowadays, what mainly happened was that I worked harder to find even more ingenious reasons for not doing stuff. A round tuit is nice to have, but isn't the total solution if like me, you suffer from terminal inertia.

isn't terminal inertia called death in medical terms??

 

[dan_bo]

How many, I have not had that many punctures in the last 30 years or more.

Same. Keep on top of your rubber and stay out of the gutter. Probs 2 flats in the last 5 years.

I'm gonna get a flat in the pissing down rain 20 miles from home now aren't I.

 

[a.twiddler]

isn't terminal inertia called death in medical terms??

I don't think so in this case, otherwise no amount of round tuits would have been able to overcome the inertia!

 

[BalkanExpress]

Don't bin the old ones: have them put to good use by the people who do the elephant bike

https://www.cycleofgood.com/recycle-your-tubes/

 

[Sharky]

Don't bin the old ones: have them put to good use by the people who do the elephant bike

https://www.cycleofgood.com/recycle-your-tubes/

Excellent. Will try and remember before I bin the next one.

 

[iluvmybike]

I read somewhere that they are banning putting inner tubes in domestic waste and they have to be returned to a shop for recycling - don't know what stage it is at as shops won't be happy about everyone rocking up and dumping their old tubes on them!!!