How many are too many?
08-04-04, 04:14 PM
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How many are too many?
Just wondering here how many patches on a tire before it becomes too many, I'm somewhat cheap and since 6 patches are cheaper than a new tube i ride both tires with six on them, bad idea?
08-04-04, 04:44 PM
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Personally, one is too many. I just use patches to get home, then I change the tube.
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I'll patch a tube twice. Then it's history.
I've ridden several hundred miles (maybe more) with a patch or two on a tube. If it's a good patch job it will hold for a long time.
I've ridden several hundred miles (maybe more) with a patch or two on a tube. If it's a good patch job it will hold for a long time.
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if you are using the hot patches, (meaning the Patch is heated and allow to melt on the tube) 6 patch on a tube is okay, but if your using the cold patch type, then 6 is to much....
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08-04-04, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by orguasch
if you are using the hot patches, (meaning the Patch is heated and allow to melt on the tube) 6 patch on a tube is okay, but if your using the cold patch type, then 6 is to much....
If it still hold air, why not use it
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Originally Posted by Bolo Grubb
If it still hold air, why not use it
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08-05-04, 03:27 AM
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Originally Posted by JBehrmann
Personally, one is too many. I just use patches to get home, then I change the tube.
on a tube with a couple of patches.
I use Coninental Supersonic tubes (mainly because they're so narrow,
it makes it much easier to mount my 20/21mm tyres), which cost me ~$11 US.
I run pretty high pressure, and would get at least one puncture every two
weeks, and one of my tubes has 9 patches!!
So, there you go; by patching the tube, I've saved about $100!!
A HUNDRED BUCKS, I TELLS YA
Even cheap tubes cost about 4 or 5 bucks, US
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Unless you are racing and every gram counts, what's wrong with having 6, 8 or even 10 patches on a tube? A good patch is as reliable as the tube itself. Besides, 7-8 patches might cost more than a new tube, but the argument is only valid if you need to apply the 7-8 patches at once. In my case, it's typically 1 at a time, which means I would have had to pay for 7-8 tubes...
So when do I replace a tube?
- Broken valve or broken tube too close to the valve (that's obvious);
- Patches that would need to be applied on top of eachother, as I had no success in gluing a patch that way.
- Too many patches on the same side of the tube. I'm not there yet.
BTW, my current maximum is 3 or 4 patches and I have done quite a few thousand km that way. No leaks, no bumps, no problems...
So when do I replace a tube?
- Broken valve or broken tube too close to the valve (that's obvious);
- Patches that would need to be applied on top of eachother, as I had no success in gluing a patch that way.
- Too many patches on the same side of the tube. I'm not there yet.
BTW, my current maximum is 3 or 4 patches and I have done quite a few thousand km that way. No leaks, no bumps, no problems...
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Tubes are what - 5 to 10 dollars? Even when I rode 5000 miles a year, I only flatted three or four times. Even in my poorest days, I could afford new tubes.
Just one guys opinion.
Just one guys opinion.
