Originally Posted by
Louis
Here's my MO.
1. Find cause of puncture and repair.
2. Insert spare tube and ride away.
3. Patch hole in tube at home with old style glue-on patch...dust with talcum powder.
I've never had a patch fail (jinx
) and I'm not afraid to ride with multiple patches in tube. (I trust my work).
That's what I do too.
I don't attempt to repair holes that are too close to the valve stem and I don't overlap patches. Other than that, I'll patch and reuse a tube indefinitely.