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Tim Jones
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"Jose Rizal" <_@_._> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> hippy:
>
> > "Luther Blissett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >
> > > a hurry. My record is twelve patches on the one tube, using a $2 repair kit from K-Mart.
> >
> > Congratulations.
> >
> > Oh, when did you buy that repair kit? Sounds like a better deal than just buying patches!
> >
>
> I've been using Park Tools' glueless patches for years, and the tubes that I've repaired with
> these have stayed leak-free. Prepared properly, glueless patches can be as good as messy
> old-fashioned glue and patch.
>
> The trick is in getting the tube surface around the hole clean. Rubbing alcohol or propanol does
> this well.
Do you carry this in your bike kit then? Or wait until home to do a repair?
Do they not work when the hole is on a seam?
Tim
> hippy:
>
> > "Luther Blissett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >
> > > a hurry. My record is twelve patches on the one tube, using a $2 repair kit from K-Mart.
> >
> > Congratulations.
> >
> > Oh, when did you buy that repair kit? Sounds like a better deal than just buying patches!
> >
>
> I've been using Park Tools' glueless patches for years, and the tubes that I've repaired with
> these have stayed leak-free. Prepared properly, glueless patches can be as good as messy
> old-fashioned glue and patch.
>
> The trick is in getting the tube surface around the hole clean. Rubbing alcohol or propanol does
> this well.
Do you carry this in your bike kit then? Or wait until home to do a repair?
Do they not work when the hole is on a seam?
Tim