I have gone through a hellish period where I got my entire invetory of innertubes wiped out. The bright side of so many punctures is that I can see how superior the Torelli innertubes are. The damage is always minimal because the puncture never tears so it mever gets any bigger than whatever went through it. In a few cases, I was able to limp home by pumping ever so often. This never happened with any other brands of tubes.
So now I have repaired a lot of them but I ran out of patches. Another benefit of the Torelli is that is only takes a very small patch to fix them. The only down side to these innertubes is that they take a few more minutes to prepare because a patch will not stick if it is not scuffed properly.
Anyhow, I am remembering hearing that some have made their own patches out of other innertubes. Can anyone tell me how well that works? I can always get more patches but I have several innertubes that I don't plan to repair because of the size of the hole (from tearing).
Originally posted by Chris I have gone through a hellish period where I got my entire invetory of innertubes wiped out. The bright side of so many punctures is that I can see how superior the Torelli innertubes are. The damage is always minimal because the puncture never tears so it mever gets any bigger than whatever went through it. In a few cases, I was able to limp home by pumping ever so often. This never happened with any other brands of tubes.
So now I have repaired a lot of them but I ran out of patches. Another benefit of the Torelli is that is only takes a very small patch to fix them. The only down side to these innertubes is that they take a few more minutes to prepare because a patch will not stick if it is not scuffed properly.
Anyhow, I am remembering hearing that some have made their own patches out of other innertubes. Can anyone tell me how well that works? I can always get more patches but I have several innertubes that I don't plan to repair because of the size of the hole (from tearing).
TIA
Rema "Tip Top" German made patches work the best. I wouldn't bother with trying to make patches from inner tube material.
<< Anyhow, I am remembering hearing that some have made their own patches out of other innertubes. Can anyone tell me how well that works? I can always get more patches but I have several innertubes that I don't plan to repair because of the size of the hole (from tearing). >>
Chris, go ahead and patch all those tubes with a traditional patch kit. Big punctures are easier to patch because they're easier to find. How are you getting tears, anyway? Nails? The big industrial fasteners often cause tears. You might also be talking about slits from major snakebite events. I'd say either you ride a lot in construction zones or you run your tires at way too low pressure. Anyway, Follow the directions in the patch kit. Remember to let the glue dry before applying the patch.
