Good morning,

I’ve found time to be more important than the number of patches, after about a year the patches added first seem to start leaking.

It’s just an edge that comes unstuck and in trying to remove the patch I end up tearing the tube around the original puncture, or is it that the original puncture has expanded and the patch is now too small?

I am a bit chunky 15.5st and ride 700x23, so the tyre pressure has to be high.

As I ride alone, I usually try and patch the tyre when I get the puncture, then put in my spare, which is usually patched. This allows the patched tube some time to set in case I need to do a second change.

Bye

Ian