Originally Posted by
John_V
I scrape the area with the sandpaper provided, heat the area with a hair dryer then apply the patch while the tube is still hot. I press down on the patch for about a minute then heat the patch with the hair dryer while pressing down on the patch. Since I've been using the hair dryer to patch tires, I haven't had any pre-glued patches fail to hold air using this method. If the hole is close to a seam and the patch has to go over the seam, I throw the tube away.
I was looking at the Skabs to cut down on weight / what I carry rather than going the other way and now having to take a hair dryer with me on a ride as well
Joking aside though if you have to go through that it's far easier just to glue one ... I've never had one that's failed I just thought it'd be quicker / easier if you're out on a ride just to stick a pre glued one on ...... providing they actually worked that is but it seems from most people's comments they're probably more trouble than they are benefit.
I would have taken the view if it was any easy puncture to find / fix just use one of those and if not just replace the inner tube and fix it when I get home ... I bought a spare inner tube to carry at the same time as buying the Skabs so will revert to plan A
Bit of a side remark and only partially related to the thread but I bought myself a small 6 litre air compressor which arrived today ... what an amasing piece of kit.
Took one of the tyres on my car down to 20 and pumped it back up to 44 literally in seconds and totally emptied a bike tyre and had to almost be careful as it was almost instant to take it back up to 50 .... will check my tyres a lot more frequently now knowing how quick and easy it is to top them up