Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Is it a coincidence that Welsh Wheels (tm) is an international inner tube manufacturer?
Would you use a repaired tube?
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Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
Where's the rational fear of re-using a patched tube? What's with the number of patches a tube can take?
Keep on repairing it until something happens that cannot be repaired. That's usually a valve stem problem but occasionally the tube will develop a puncture on top of another patch and the next patch won't seat nicely. Then it is time for a new tube.
I don't get this senseless dumping of something that's perfect to be repaired again and again. Just because you can afford a new one doesn't mean you should buy a new one.
Keep on repairing it until something happens that cannot be repaired. That's usually a valve stem problem but occasionally the tube will develop a puncture on top of another patch and the next patch won't seat nicely. Then it is time for a new tube.
I don't get this senseless dumping of something that's perfect to be repaired again and again. Just because you can afford a new one doesn't mean you should buy a new one.
winjim
Smash the cistern
Those patches have mass you know...
Same method for me I have tubes with multiple patches on the commuter bike.the patches have never failed traditional or self.adhesive.Just depends which type.of patch I have with me.
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
I use old school glue and patches, and I can't remember the last time I've tried to repair a puncture on the roadside.
Given this, there's a logistical problem in that when I return home after a ride when I've had a flat, I have an unwrapped tube which is inconvenient to carry as a spare whether patched or not. So assuming the damaged tube is repairable, it gets patched at my leisure and used eventually when for whatever reason I need to change a tube at home.
Given this, there's a logistical problem in that when I return home after a ride when I've had a flat, I have an unwrapped tube which is inconvenient to carry as a spare whether patched or not. So assuming the damaged tube is repairable, it gets patched at my leisure and used eventually when for whatever reason I need to change a tube at home.
Vantage
Carbon fibre... LMAO!!!
- Location
- Behind everyone else, Bolton
I've been sticking TipTop Touring patches on my tubes since my dad taught me aged 6 or 7. That's a good 34 years and I've never thrown a tube unless the valve has come away from it.
I tried instant patches for a while but I just didn't trust them.
Isn't cycling supposed to a 'green' mode of transport? Run it into the ground then run it some more
I tried instant patches for a while but I just didn't trust them.
Isn't cycling supposed to a 'green' mode of transport? Run it into the ground then run it some more
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Does anyone remember mending tubs? Picking off the sticky glue, trying to find the puncture, razor blade to cut open the thread, then patching and sewing it up again. What a pain.You had to repair them as they were so damn expensive.
I've been sticking TipTop Touring patches on my tubes since my dad taught me aged 6 or 7. That's a good 34 years and I've never thrown a tube unless the valve has come away from it.
I tried instant patches for a while but I just didn't trust them.
Isn't cycling supposed to a 'green' mode of transport? Run it into the ground then run it some more
Depend on if you use cycling for transport, I do not.
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
I use patched tubes. Like @Drago I patch 3 times but I don't do the bondage wear thing.
I also repair properly when I'm home. I do take a proper repair kit with me on longer rides, really so when I am eating cake and drinking coffee, I can properly fix a tube and give the glue time to set properly. If it takes a bit longer and I have to have more cake and coffee, so be it.
I also repair properly when I'm home. I do take a proper repair kit with me on longer rides, really so when I am eating cake and drinking coffee, I can properly fix a tube and give the glue time to set properly. If it takes a bit longer and I have to have more cake and coffee, so be it.
robgul
Legendary Member
New tube on the road (and usually a CO2 to inflate) - mend at home with good old patches and glue - I've found that the self-adhesive patches are very variable, with presumably a shelf life for the glue?
I don't tend to count how many patches but I guess at 4 or 5 I'd probably bin the tube.
Tip: When I mend punctures I clamp the repaired/patched section of the tube between two small bits of plywood in the jaws of a vice - tightened up and left for a couple of hours to really push the patch onto the tube.
Rob
I don't tend to count how many patches but I guess at 4 or 5 I'd probably bin the tube.
Tip: When I mend punctures I clamp the repaired/patched section of the tube between two small bits of plywood in the jaws of a vice - tightened up and left for a couple of hours to really push the patch onto the tube.
Rob
