Originally Posted by
HillRider
Absolutely. The problem is often you can't find the leak in the bad tube if the puncture is very small.
Replace the tube on the road and patch the bad one at home where you can inflate it hard enough to find the leak or even use a bucket of water if it is really a slow leak.
But it's not absolute.
If you can't find the hole (and I've never had that happen) then put in the new tube; if you can find it, patch away!
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