Never been a problem for me. Using the right size tube helps too.

Ok I run 100 psi on my tubes and are finding that the patches should be round in shape so as the tube expands it does it evenly around the hole in the tube. I am applying my glue to be as thin as possible as not to trap any undried glue under any thick areas. And I am making sure that the glue is even and is as flatly distributed as possible as not to allow any "canals" where air might escape through. Sometimes I notice some areas of the dried glue surface to not have as much glue, this may be caused by the "sticky stuff" not being dissolved as it should have been in the container. I am not using any vulcanizing glue because I have not found any and am using elmers rubber cement and a cut up old tube, to be as cheap as possible. What have you found to work best for you? Thanks.

I'm curious about how long one of those patches will last you. I know you can't use vulcanizing glue for tube on tube patching (i've tried) and I want to reuse some dead tubes.

A good patch will last forever but I should clarified that does not apply to a fixed gear.

For that you need to use special patching materials to withstand the lateral forces causes by skidding and colour matching them to your bike improves their reliability.

I carry a couple spare tubes in my kit so I can just swap them out quick if I'm on the go, but also have a patch kit on me for those really bad days where you can seem to go 5 minutes without getting another flat. The punctured tubes I just keep together until I have a bunch of them, and just patch them all up at once.

Also, you can get the patches really cheap online, and a tube of vulcanizing glue lasts forever.

I think it's unamerican to buy a new tube when you can fix the one you have with your own two hands. What america did you grow up in? real americans do for themselves.

not trying to start a debate, what i mean is that you should patch the tube instead of driving to k-mart for another one. it takes 5 minutes and then you can ride again.

Baloney!

I've been patching bicycle tubes for 40 years with zero such failures but I've never used glueless patches. I stick in a different tube while I'm on the road and save the old tube to patch when I get home. I used to save up a half dozen or so tubes and patch them all at one time on a rainy Saturday afternoon.

woo, some seriously misinformed guy, no he wants to sell a tube maybe, because retrogrouch is right, a proper patch job holds air in, if it leaks at any psi it wasn't done correctly.

maybe that LBS guy has leaky patches, but mine dont leak and i ride at 120-130 psi

strange that someone would tell you that if they work at a shop

i had a (twice) patched tube in my rear tire for almost a year. the only reason i got a new one was because i got a new wheel and tire.

Patches are cheaper than tubes

never ever use the glueless patches. I learned a 5 dollar lesson a few months ago.

don't complain, that's a cheap lesson. They do have some benefits, I keep one (a single glueless patch) in my wallet as a sort of absolute last ditch flat repair. I don't always have a tube, or a real patch kit, and I sometimes go for impromptu rides, so i figure if I'm 20 miles out, my cell phone is out of batteries, and my tire flats, I unscrew the wheel with my teeth, pry off the tire, patch the tube, then inflate it with the sheer force of my breath.

Ok, in retrospect, I'm gonna take that out of my wallet