Originally Posted by
LarDasse74
Patch kit is $3 and you can patch ~10 tubes. 10 tubes would cost between $20 and $50, so the $3 one-time investment + 5 minutes per tube is worth it to me.
Seconded. I have tubes on some of my bikes that have 25 patches each. At even $3 per tube, that's $75. A box of 100 patches from Third Hand costs $15 and a few tubes of glue cost another $10. I only throw out tubes that are blowouts or have damage to the stem.