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Need to buy some patches for road bike tubes.
Anything good / to avoid?
I wouldn't bother with them on road tubes... Other than last resort when you have used all your spare tubes miles from home.
Thats the plan, will still carry spare tubes but need some emergency backup.
The tiny self adhesive park or specialised ones are fine for that at £3 a pack.
These, yes 100 at a time, but they last for ages. Only every repair at home though, just takes spare tubes on the road.
I've used the Poundland ones on loads of tubes, dunno how much better a puncture repair kit could be?
There is only one answer when it comes to patches, and it involves the words 'Tip' and 'Top'
dunno how much better a puncture repair kit could be?
I seem to have an inability to use the ones with separate glue, but find that the glueless ones rarely stick properly.
May well be me...
bristolbiker +1
I get 100x the small tiptop patches and a couple of big tubes of vulcanising solution. For ride kit I take a few instant patches but Im not a big fan of them.
EDIT:
I seem to have an inability to use the ones with separate glue
When applying the vulcanising compound (not glue) spread it around outside the perimeter of the patch size. Let it almost dry before applying the patch. Pushing a patch onto a small dab of wet vulcanising compound wont work.
Park ones. Proper old school rubber and glue at home. Always worth carrying a spare tube (or two on long rides) as it is easier and more reliable.
Pushing a patch onto a small dab of wet vulcanising compound wont work.
Aha! 😳
The thin Rema patches are great, consistently more reliable than cheap patches.
Rema Tip Top kept in the dry, repair at home when you have time to do it methodically. Huddled under a drystone wall in the sleet is not good; that's why we carry a couple of spares ready to go.