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01-09-06 | 05:13 AM

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EXCALIBUR

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Originally Posted by CommuterRun

I carry a glueless patch kit and a spare tube. On the road I replace the tube. The kit is just a back up to that. After I get home I patch the tube with ShoeGoo. This stuff holds much better than glueless patches and is easier to do than glued patches. Just buff the area of the tube with sandpaper, apply a small gob of ShoeGoo over the hole, hang to tube up where it won't be disturbed and you're done.

I've never heard of using ShoeGoo to patch a tube. Does it really hold if you pump up a patched tube and tire to 110 psi?

Last edited by EXCALIBUR; 01-09-06 at 08:16 PM.

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