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I've got TPU on my Sunday best road bike, and also briefly had a TPU spare for the gravel bike.
The road bike picked up a big metal staple which in fairness to the tube actually didn't deflate until some time the next day.
The gravel tube fell prey to a dodgy rim tape and punctured on a spoke hole.
So overall I have no complaints, except that the wee stick on patches supplied by RideNow seem temporary at best, and my one attempt at glueing on a Tubolito patch was a messy faff and ultimately a failure.
The challenge seems to be applying sufficient pressure and for long enough to stick the patch down with no gaps, tricky when it straddles a seam.
Any tips? I wondered about talcing any excess glue, sticking the tube in a tyre and inflating, let the air pressure stick it down, but of course it wouldn't hold pressure until the glue had cured...
I used the ride now patches but use Bostik soft plastic glue, then add some kitchen roll over it and put it between a few heavy books overnight.
I punctured a RideNow tube and the stick on patches sorted it out no problem. This was at home in the garage though, not in the woods full of dust. It lived on for a short while while I was running Supermoto Xs on my hardtail.
I think I've got a bad tube of glue or something, I literally had the repair clamped between some sash clamps (wide flat plastic jaws) for an hour and when I took it out to inspect it just peeled straight off 😖
Will email Tubolito, they seem pretty receptive.