Tube patch sticking out
09-07-19, 04:35 AM
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Tube patch sticking out
I have 700 x 18/23c tube i need to patch. I’ll be using it as spare. The smallest patch i have is 25mm and it sticks out a bit on the tube. Is it ok to cut the patch? I have lots of these bigger patches i never use. Do you guys do this? Won’t the cut patch’s edge possibly puncture the tube at some point? I can’t find smaller 15mm patches here. Decathlon has them, but they aren’t available atm.
09-07-19, 05:38 AM
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Never tried that, but it should be ok. What's to lose by trying?
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I have 700 x 18/23c tube i need to patch. I’ll be using it as spare. The smallest patch i have is 25mm and it sticks out a bit on the tube. Is it ok to cut the patch? I have lots of these bigger patches i never use. Do you guys do this? Won’t the cut patch’s edge possibly puncture the tube at some point? I can’t find smaller 15mm patches here. Decathlon has them, but they aren’t available atm.
https://www.amazon.com/Rema-F0-P-16m...s%2C142&sr=8-2
09-07-19, 01:32 PM
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I cut or trim these type patches all the time. typically making big ones small or rounding square ones.
https://www.amazon.com/Victor-22-5-0.../dp/B000I1AY2K
https://www.amazon.com/Victor-22-5-0.../dp/B000I1AY2K
09-07-19, 02:00 PM
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I cut or trim these type patches all the time. typically making big ones small or rounding square ones.
https://www.amazon.com/Victor-22-5-0.../dp/B000I1AY2K
https://www.amazon.com/Victor-22-5-0.../dp/B000I1AY2K
Anyway, i’ve asked Park Tool and they said it’s ok to cut up the regular patches. I’ve got lots of those big round and rectangular patches i haven’t used.
Thanks for the replies.
09-07-19, 02:02 PM
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I used to cut them w/o problems. Then I got the small Rema linked above, very nice.
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That's something that always kinds of bugs me. I know there's a couple different rema kits you might see in the LBS, but the ones I most easily find have many of the bigger patches which I have never had a use for. I have a crap load of them sitting around from rema boxes where I used all the little round ones.
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