Originally Posted by
Slaninar
This is not meant as an offence, mate: I can't believe that you didn't know about those. I've been using them for like 20+ years - my father taught me how to fix flats - he had been using those patches before. We never bought tubes - just patched them. If tyres aren't too thin (like 23 mm
) - you can patch them 20+ times without any difference in ride quality.
The only time I got a spare tube was when I was older and started riding 100 km away from home - just in case.
I did roughly 10000km on my MTB without a flat in Germany (2010-13).
This is my first "road" bike
Never really had to deal with flats before, as I've never had 23c tires
But for sure, I'll check them out