Hi, my name is Scorer75 and I patch tubes.

Now that we got that out of the way, I have a question. I always carry two tubes and a patch kit, so I almost never patch out on the road. I keep my flat tubes hanging in the garage, and when I have a couple ready to go, I'll patch them while watching some TV.

Road tubes are thin when deflated and even the small round patches are pretty big. I find it cumbersome to use the whole patch since it almost wraps halfway around the tube and covers multiple seams which then need to be sanded down. So I have literally been cutting my patches in half before putting them on the tube. I find it easier to to install half a patch since you can line up the flat side of the patch next to the seam in the tube closest to the hole. This has been working.

1. Does anyone else do this?

2. Does anyone have a reason why this might not be a good idea?

P.S. Patching at home is also great because I bought a jar of Elmer's Rubber Cement which comes with an applicator brush making it easy to apply the cement, and should basically last me forever. It cost me less than $5