Patch or Pitch?
03-18-09, 12:11 PM
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I patch them until I get a puncture in or near another patch.
03-18-09, 12:20 PM
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24 pack of patch kits for the long-hauler: https://www.jensonusa.com/store/produ...atch+Kits.aspx
03-18-09, 12:24 PM
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I'm exactly the opposite. I like my spare tube to be fresh and new. I find I can compress a new tube into a much smaller package, and therefore it's more easily manageable, compared to a used tube.
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03-18-09, 01:00 PM
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Absolutely no reason not to patch a flat tube. I'm not sure where some people get the idea that a patched tube can't be trusted. I've got multiple patches in each of my mounted tubes right now, get fewer flats than anyone I know (knocking on wood), and frequently hit 45-50 on the road.
The tube isn't going to 'exploslively fail' unless the tire does, in which case a new tube will fail just as quickly. The tube is simply an air barrier, nothing more. If it holds air, than it's doing it's job. There's no "my tubes hold air better than your tubes because mine are unmolested" here. Still I frequently run into people who toss tubes, and I will offer to take them after on the road flat's if I know they'll be canned when they get home.
Oh, and I don't use any special type of patch. Just the standard ones in the plastic boxes at the LBS. Roughen the surface with sandpaper, apply larger than necessary but thin layer of glue, wait like 10 minutes and then apply the patch centered on the puncture. And done. Most of the time you spend waiting for the glue to dry. Once the patch is applied and massaged a bit, it can be remounted and reinflated immediately. Those of you who have said that this is not rocket science...may be onto something.
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The tube isn't going to 'exploslively fail' unless the tire does, in which case a new tube will fail just as quickly. The tube is simply an air barrier, nothing more. If it holds air, than it's doing it's job. There's no "my tubes hold air better than your tubes because mine are unmolested" here. Still I frequently run into people who toss tubes, and I will offer to take them after on the road flat's if I know they'll be canned when they get home.
Oh, and I don't use any special type of patch. Just the standard ones in the plastic boxes at the LBS. Roughen the surface with sandpaper, apply larger than necessary but thin layer of glue, wait like 10 minutes and then apply the patch centered on the puncture. And done. Most of the time you spend waiting for the glue to dry. Once the patch is applied and massaged a bit, it can be remounted and reinflated immediately. Those of you who have said that this is not rocket science...may be onto something.
-Jeremy
03-18-09, 01:41 PM
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03-18-09, 02:05 PM
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24 pack of patch kits for the long-hauler: https://www.jensonusa.com/store/produ...atch+Kits.aspx
I think I use a lot of patches at about 2 boxes per year. That would make a 12 year supply....
03-18-09, 03:53 PM
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Otherwise, I patch until the tube is too thick to put in the tire
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04-18-09, 05:02 PM
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New tube- $5, patch kit- $4, and can fix about a dozen flats.. seems like a no brainer.
04-18-09, 07:06 PM
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$3-4 a tube is not a sale.
04-18-09, 09:06 PM
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04-18-09, 09:51 PM
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I'm with the 'patch until the tube is unrepairable' crowd. Usually wait until I have 4 or 5 punctured tubes and then do them together since getting things ready and waiting for the glue to dry take the most time. Only takes about 10 minutes to fix 4 tubes and costs ~ $1 for the patches. So if tubes are $3 each you've effectively earned $11 in a sixth of an hour or $66/hr - and it's non-taxable. And I usually do it during commercial breaks or while net-surfing so it wouldn't have been productive time otherwise.
04-19-09, 09:39 AM
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I can build a wheel just fine, patching a tube is a talent I don't possess. I never carry a patched tube as a spare. I put the patched tubes on the bike right away and let them sit overnight to check to see if they hold by any chance or put them in a spare wheel for a while.
04-19-09, 10:04 AM
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never had one fail. never had one rip. never had one loosen. i have a tube with seven patches, and it still makes it a few months each time before it goes again.
04-19-09, 12:41 PM
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These are great. I have a pack with me on all rides, and patching a tube using them has never taken more than 2 minutes. Oh, and none of them have ever leaked or broken.
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04-19-09, 03:21 PM
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The Specialized patches are paper thin and with self adhesive. It takes 20 seconds to abrade with the included sandpaper and 20 more seconds to put on the patch and there is no gluey mess. Maybe it takes 5 minutes to locate the puncture so this is so simple.
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