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Gary K
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Lindsay Rowlands <[email protected]> wrote:
> gaza <[email protected]> wrote:
> : I've been lurking around this newsgroup for a week or so trying to pick up some info on an
> : upcoming bike purchase and being on the wrong side of 40, I have to ask......whatever happened
> : to the old vulcanised rubber patches I used as a kid. Are they obsolete/useless/unavailable?????
> : I remember they always seemed to work well, but you did need to carry a box of matches I think.
>
> In modern times, all that is required is a patch, some method of cleaning/roughing the area, and
> some glue. When properly applied, a patch can be a thing of beauty. My mate once had a MTB tube
> with 30 patches on it before he retired (scuse the pun) it. It would have passed for a Picasso in
> the right context.
>
> I remember the vulcanizing patches. They were bulky, needed a big brass clamp and were no better
> than the glue ones we have now. Spectacular just the same and great for pulling a crowd when lit.
> You could probably find a kit in an antique market. Lots of luck.
I forgot about that bloody clamp.. No wonder those things have dissappeared out of sight.
> gaza <[email protected]> wrote:
> : I've been lurking around this newsgroup for a week or so trying to pick up some info on an
> : upcoming bike purchase and being on the wrong side of 40, I have to ask......whatever happened
> : to the old vulcanised rubber patches I used as a kid. Are they obsolete/useless/unavailable?????
> : I remember they always seemed to work well, but you did need to carry a box of matches I think.
>
> In modern times, all that is required is a patch, some method of cleaning/roughing the area, and
> some glue. When properly applied, a patch can be a thing of beauty. My mate once had a MTB tube
> with 30 patches on it before he retired (scuse the pun) it. It would have passed for a Picasso in
> the right context.
>
> I remember the vulcanizing patches. They were bulky, needed a big brass clamp and were no better
> than the glue ones we have now. Spectacular just the same and great for pulling a crowd when lit.
> You could probably find a kit in an antique market. Lots of luck.
I forgot about that bloody clamp.. No wonder those things have dissappeared out of sight.