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Ianb
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Have they disappeared? These are the strips of feathered patches, foil and paper covered. I found
that my local petrol shop stocked these at 69p a strip. However when I was about to move to a town
with no close LBS I tried to buy a good stock but he had run out and said he could not find a
supplier. Now I am in a non LBS town I have found that a local Car Shop (spares) holds cycle bits,
he knew what I meant but was out of stock. I went back yesterday and he then said that he could not
find a supplier and could only offer the "kits". I have never seen these advertised in magazine
adverts, dealer catalogues or in any web site I have browsed and anyway would expect the postage to
make it not worth while. I know that many LBSs do not deal in these patches (many staff do not know
what I was talking about). So are they still in production? Can anyone give me a wholesaler name
that I can point my nonLBS man at? Same goes for the glue although I have not been looking for that.
As a by the way when I was still a working man I had access to a LBS which stocked these but it
closed. The man in the market had the patches but not the glue (I was short of both). the adjacent
LBS had glue but not patches so that re-stocking worked. Then I retired and my mileage (and
punctures) went up and the two nearest LBSs did not know what I was talking about, fortunately I
then discovered what stock was carried by the village petrol shop (a treasure chest of odds and
ends, even got a front (2.4w) dynamo bulb there!)
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IanB
n.b. as I subscribe to two large newsgroups it may be
several days before I see a newsgroup response
that my local petrol shop stocked these at 69p a strip. However when I was about to move to a town
with no close LBS I tried to buy a good stock but he had run out and said he could not find a
supplier. Now I am in a non LBS town I have found that a local Car Shop (spares) holds cycle bits,
he knew what I meant but was out of stock. I went back yesterday and he then said that he could not
find a supplier and could only offer the "kits". I have never seen these advertised in magazine
adverts, dealer catalogues or in any web site I have browsed and anyway would expect the postage to
make it not worth while. I know that many LBSs do not deal in these patches (many staff do not know
what I was talking about). So are they still in production? Can anyone give me a wholesaler name
that I can point my nonLBS man at? Same goes for the glue although I have not been looking for that.
As a by the way when I was still a working man I had access to a LBS which stocked these but it
closed. The man in the market had the patches but not the glue (I was short of both). the adjacent
LBS had glue but not patches so that re-stocking worked. Then I retired and my mileage (and
punctures) went up and the two nearest LBSs did not know what I was talking about, fortunately I
then discovered what stock was carried by the village petrol shop (a treasure chest of odds and
ends, even got a front (2.4w) dynamo bulb there!)
--
IanB
n.b. as I subscribe to two large newsgroups it may be
several days before I see a newsgroup response