How about grease and chainlube consumed ? its more than zero . Butyl Rubber tires, tubes are oil based, and ..
there is the fuel for ships and trucks moving the boxes around the globe from the factories ,
and there is a lot of petro-plastics and paper per bike
into the waste stream.
as to the patch, there are companies making those from an Image you supply . G'gl that.
Last edited by fietsbob; 08-27-15 at 11:12 AM.