Post #4! I swear by glueless patches. I am never going back to cement. I have a Park patch that is still holding after two years! That's about the length of time I've been using them. That's right. Even the first patches I applied are still holding. It isn't hard. Chances are, if you are finding glueless patches difficult, then your technique with regular patches could use a touch up. It probably helps that I am a detail oriented type. Methodical and neat. My wife and MIL would definitely not agree, but they don't sign off on my bike repairs. Last year I was riding with some friends and one of them flatted. Normally, on the road I use a spare tube but I didn't want to give away my tube and no one really wanted to wait for cement to dry so I whipped out the Park patches. I will bet money that Phil is still using that tube this year.

H