View Poll Results: Do you patch or swap tubes?
Always/mostly patch
27
24.77%
Always/mostly swap
69
63.30%
I'll see when I get my first flat
8
7.34%
I can't fix a flat, I walk to the LBS
5
4.59%
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Do you patch or swap?
05-31-06 | 05:29 PM
#51
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From: Ogopogo's shoreline
Bikes: LHT, Kona Smoke
Originally Posted by Portis
Mountain Bike: Swap and throw the tube in the ditch. (I confess, spare me the lectures, at least i'm honest.) I don't like hauling slime filled tubes.
And if you don't mind me saying, you're a M*&%#$ F&^$% AS$*(#
06-01-06 | 10:01 AM
#54
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Joined: Apr 2004
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From: North of the border, just
Bikes: Fuji Absolut '04 / Fuji 'Marlboro' Folder
Originally Posted by Nachoman
Swap. I find it a little difficult to find a small tube hole oout on the road. I like to be home in total quiet, so I can easily hear the hissing.
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06-05-06 | 04:45 AM
#55
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Joined: Nov 2004
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From: Northern California
Bikes: Three-speed modified for comfort.
Originally Posted by chipcom
I swap - it's faster. I repair the old tube later and use it as a spare.
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"The bicycle is the perfect transducer to match man's metabolic energy to the impedance of locomotion. Equipped with this tool, man outstrips the efficiency of not only all machines but all other animals as well." Ivan Illich ('Energy and Equity')1974
