Originally Posted by
Shimagnolo
I use self-adhesive patches on the road just to get home.
Locate the leak, pop the bead, apply the patch; No wheel removal needed.
Unless the debris which caused the leak is still in the tire in which case you have a tube with another hole needing a second patch. It might not be visible from the outside but might be protruding on the inside.
Originally Posted by
Shimagnolo
Then when I get home, I swap the tube with a previously patched tube. Then replace the self-adhesive patch with a real patch, and put the tube into standby stock.
In my experience, self-adhesive patches don't last; In freezing conditions, they don't work at all.
Yup.