I have some that work really well, but I have no idea what brand they are and they are just about finished. What do people think are the best?
Alternatively - has anyone had any joy ghettoing a 700c CX wheel?
The Park Tools ones work well for me.
+1 for park tools.
+2 for Park
+3 for park
I've found the Park ones the best of the bunch but then only at less than 45 psi but higher than that they just don't last very long. On the road bike the only thing that seems to work is old-fashioned patches...
Another vote for park ones. Work on road tyres at higher pressures for me too
Scabs are rubbish
Is it just me or are the Park ones a beggar to get the backing off without getting touching the sticky side?
Lezyne ones are pretty good as are the Parks
Park are the best of the bunch, but I've never found that self-adhesive can handle the tube being deflated and reinflated in the same way that traditional feathered patches+glue can. If you never deflate the inner tube, they're great. If you do... it goes wrinkly and leaks.
+5 for Park, Get them Warm sand the hole down, put the patch on, rub the patch and the tube, to get it too bond, hold them tight together, 30 seconds later it's spot on.
110 PSI in mine for 7 months so far. But i'm sure it is the method that makes it.
Park for me - first experience last year and a major revelation. I have never really had much problems with others except as mentioned above. I think most are fine with a reasonable amount of air in all the time pressing the tube against the tyre. Once taken out or if you get a total flat I do find that they fail.
Not got to that stage with the Park ones that I have used though. I would expect that they would be better. I base this on the fact that certainly at time of use the glue seems pretty tenacious and the patch is made from a quite stretchy material which to me makes them resemble good feather edge patches.
park are the best of the bunch but none of them seem to like high temperatures. we had a brace of "punctures" in Morocco that was finally diagnosed as self adhesive patches delaminating, and the guide (chris @cycleactive) said he only ever uses em as a get-you-home repair and then fits proper patches.
Had a similar situation in a hot Colorado this summer, even some of the Park ones began to come off. Scabs is an appropriate name as they fall off in the same manner...
+1 Munqe-chick
One de-bonded on a ride this summer whilst in Spain. It must have been about 35 degrees. Changed the tube but that also had a patch on it which only lasted 10km. Luckily I had another spare.
They were Park patches.
draper ones work fine on the road bike. don't know about in the heat though...
Park patches also work well as frame protection where cables rub.
Never tried Park, but Lezyne are the only ones I have tried that worked properly.