Originally Posted by
BarracksSi
Ok, cool. I thought that it was a necessity to let them cure for longer than that.
Maybe I'll try some of those Tufo "tubular clinchers" sometime, at least when my current Vredesteins wear out.
Yeah, I'll usually let them cure for a couple of days. For example: My last puncture was a few days ago, on my morning workout. Happily, it happened 500 meters past the end of my driveway. Rather than spend time changing, on this one I just rode the bike back into the garage on the flat, grabbed another bike, and did my morning ride.
That evening, I changed the tyre on the bike, and it's still hanging there. I'll probably ride it this weekend. Fixed the puncture while watching the evening's Tour stage and sipping a couple of glasses of burgundy.
I don't have a set curing time, but since I've got eight bikes hanging on the garage wall, whatever bike has just had a flat repaired normally hangs there for a couple of days. Had this puncture happened 4-5 miles from home, I'd have done a quick road repair, ridden back home and just hung the bike. Next time I'd want to ride it, I'd deflate the tyre and make sure it was glued properly all the way around.
So far I haven't had to pull off a tyre and reglue.