Inner tubes ??? carry on with a repaired tube or fit new

[heliphil]

I have new or used spare tubes with me to change by the roadside and fix the punctured one at home or work.... I also ride around with tubes that can have 20 or 30 patches, they seem to work fine. Of course my racing bike does not get tubes like that though......

 

[raindog]

As opposed to the rubber patches, glue, plastic film over the patch, metal container for the glue, plastic glue cap, plastic or metal container for the puncture outfit and chalk? More working processes there than making one innertube.

LOL - what daft reasoning. With a puncture repair outfit you can repair many punctures. I'm still using a metal tin with Dunlop written on it that my dad used. It's even got the same bit of sandpaper in it. All I do is buy a tube of glue and some patches every now and then. There's no comparison.

 

[coffeejo]

I always fit a new/repaired tube at the roadside, then I repair and re-cycle the old tube when I get home can be bothered

This. Especially the last bit

 

[Judderz]

LOL - what daft reasoning. With a puncture repair outfit you can repair many punctures. I'm still using a metal tin with Dunlop written on it that my dad used. It's even got the same bit of sandpaper in it. All I do is buy a tube of glue and some patches every now and then. There's no comparison.

Not daft reasoning at all. There are more working processes to produce numerous items per puncture outfit thus more resources being used.

 

[tyred]

Of course the easiest thing to do is to buy something like Marathons or Michelin City tyres and make punctures a distant memory

 

[Cubist]

I carry a spare new tube. I get a puncture and add the new tube, once home I repair the punctured one and put it straight back on the bike. I have a feeling that inflating the tube inside the tyre at full pressure helps the glue to set properly in the size and shape required. A tube repaired and put straight back into my pack has failed on me before now.

 

[Cubist]

Of course the easiest thing to do is to buy something like Marathons or Michelin City tyres and make punctures a distant memory

But the weight training required just to carry them to the bike and fit them outweighs the inconvenience........

 

[subaqua]

Of course the easiest thing to do is to buy something like Marathons or Michelin City tyres and make punctures a distant memory

thats you getting a viosit from HER

 

[youngoldbloke]

Any opinions on wether to continue using a previously punctured tube. I had an incident today with a tiny shard of stone giving my rear wheel a slow puncture. I was lucky to be able to repair the tube whilst in the middle of my ride ( god bless my topeak survivalbox ) and it came home without further problems.. Any opinions as to wether I should fit a new one or carry on using the damaged tube. Its a good quality, high pressure, Continental, suitable for my 700 x 23 Lugano tyre.

If you repaired it and it is now functioning OK, why replace it? Carry on using it.
The major problem with not carrying patches (and ones like the Park Tool glueless take up no room at all) is when you run out of spare tubes. It is not unheard of to have more than one puncture - especially if you have failed to remove the original cause from your tyre. I carry 2 spare tubes (probably repaired ones) and repair kit. I am not too worried about wrecking the planet, but just think of the unemployment that will be caused if we stop buying puncture outfits .......

 

[172traindriver]

LOL - what daft reasoning. With a puncture repair outfit you can repair many punctures. I'm still using a metal tin with Dunlop written on it that my dad used. It's even got the same bit of sandpaper in it. All I do is buy a tube of glue and some patches every now and then. There's no comparison.

Hey Raindog what you say about the old tin is so cool!!! I have got 2 of them, one is the original Dunlop metal tin with the sandpaper in and still got the bit of rubber tube, the chalk (used though), and the tyre boot. The other tin has metal lid but plastic base with some of the original bits.
Like you I just get some glue and patches from Halfords, and I have got loads of very fine emery paper. Never bother with the chalk.
Why waste the worlds resources, even if it is only a tiny fraction. I'm with you on this.

 

[Friz]

but the new self-adhesive patches make fixing almost as easy as replacing

I have to chuckle when I patch my tubes with one of these now. 30+ years of sandpaper, rubber cement, and patches. How did none of us think of this? I mean, especially when the puncture involved us falling off the bike and damaging some part of our anatomy. Whack a few plasters on your body, then get out all the componants to patch a tube.

 

[dellzeqq]

I have to chuckle when I patch my tubes with one of these now. 30+ years of sandpaper, rubber cement, and patches. How did none of us think of this? I mean, especially when the puncture involved us falling off the bike and damaging some part of our anatomy. Whack a few plasters on your body, then get out all the componants to patch a tube.

it does seem too good to be true. The bit that amuses me is that the ones I buy are transparent - that seems almost to be taking the mickey out of rubber solution. And they stick...

 

[ohnovino]

I don't patch any more. I still take a kit out with me along with a spare tube just in case I get multiple punctures, but it never gets used. I gave up when I was about to ride to work one morning and discovered the puncture I'd "repaired" the night before was still there. That hassle was worth far more to me than the price of a new tube.

That said, I don't throw punctured tubes away. Even if I never get around to fixing them, there are loads of other uses for dead tubes: soft grippy handles for tools; shims for protecting the frame when fitting accessories; rubber bands; tying up plants...

 

[subaqua]

I don't patch any more. I still take a kit out with me along with a spare tube just in case I get multiple punctures, but it never gets used. I gave up when I was about to ride to work one morning and discovered the puncture I'd "repaired" the night before was still there. That hassle was worth far more to me than the price of a new tube.

That said, I don't throw punctured tubes away. Even if I never get around to fixing them, there are loads of other uses for dead tubes: soft grippy handles for tools; shims for protecting the frame when fitting accessories; rubber bands; tying up plants...

hundreds of uses in cave diving and normal scuba diving. most tyre places will give the old knakered ones away for free