Originally Posted by
Looigi
Whether it's worth it or not depends entirely on how you assign value. I rather enjoy the little chore of patching a few tubes at home having accumulated them after swapping out flatted tubes on the road. I also enjoy doing all the work on my bikes rather than having someone else do it, independent of the costs involved.
i do the same
but my tubes work their way through a life cycle
starting with new tube installed in tire
then tube gets a hole in it
then gets patched and goes into the rotation as a spare
and additional holes receive additional patches
until the tube is not repairable
then it is cut up into tie downs or elastic bands