Thread: loosing air in rear tire!
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Old 04-19-16 | 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by NormanF
Get a new tube.

LBS mechanics don't bother with patching them. Takes too much time, its labor intensive and not worth it.

A new tube is cheap.
That's all well and good if you are a mechanic and it's someone else's money...or you work in a shop and a new tube only costs 2 bucks. If I wasted 8-10 bucks for each flat I got I would feel like a chump.
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