Originally Posted by
Racing Dan
Sure, and I can patch a tube in one second, if I discount unmounting the wheel, pulling the tube, prepping the tube, replacing the tube, mounting the tyre, replacing the wheel and pumping it. > Tube patching is a ONE second job! :-)
btw. A crock pot is just too slow. Just use a skillet or a small sauce pan over a low flame and only melt as much wax as you need. its not a big deal and the supposed fire hazard is way overblown. Its no more dangerous than cooking a meal on the stove. And MUCH faster.
If the stove top method works for you - that’s great.
I elected to to go with Molten Speed Wax’s recommendation and purchased a mini crock pot from Target for $10 which is in the garage near my bike and dedicated to this task.
As to your reference to tube patching being
One second job - I love it! To me, a lot of bike maintenance is a “practice makes perfect” type of thing. I purchased the bike shop quantity - Rema Tip Top patching cement this year, the one with the brush applicator in the can. I’m not trying to save huge amounts of time necessarily when patching tubes as much as I am wanting closer to 100% certainty that my patch will hold. I have learned some little tricks that work for me and I’m sure involved
time consuming trial and error, that once mastered -
speeds workflow considerably.
These
little things that (serious) amateur bike mechanics can deploy - become fun and engaging along the road to actually
working.