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Puncture - new tyre or patch up?

  • 19-04-2010 11:15am
    #1
    WithCheesePlease
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭


    Just curious, if you notice a puncture at home (on your commuter) do people immediately just replace the tyre or break out the basin of water and puncture repair kit?


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  • #2
    ipodrocker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭ipodrocker


    puncture repair kit!! all the way its quick and easy once u have done it a few times!


  • #3
    Highway_To_Hell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭Highway_To_Hell


    having had a bad few weeks with punctures (see this thread) I fix all punctures. for some reason I got most on the way into work so fixed them at work so I would have a replacement if I got a puncture on the way home.

    got a shock last week when I ordered some patches from CRC accidently ordered the 10 pack for €13.66 (€1.36/ patch) instead of the 100 pack for €34.18 (34cent/patch).


  • #4
    ipodrocker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭ipodrocker


    thats alot of punctures, maybe a new tube??


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,559 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    On the road swap tube, but have a repair kit too, I've had those days :(

    then wait till you have a few to do or spare time and fix them together

    and chalk dust is vital, though I've used road dust many times in the past


  • #6
    Highway_To_Hell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭Highway_To_Hell


    ipodrocker wrote: »
    thats alot of punctures, maybe a new tube??


    As far as I am aware patches shouldn't make the tube more puncture prone. Will change my tyres as soon as they arrive.


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  • #7
    blobbie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 673 ✭✭✭blobbie


    and a lot of glue / vulcanising solution. Where / what solution do you use for a 100 patch set.


  • #8
    petethedrummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    WithCheesePlease wrote: »
    break out the basin of water and puncture repair kit?

    I wouldn't bother with a basin of water, if the room is quiet enough you can generally here even the tiniest of punctures. I put 4 patches on a road tube then throw it out. I don't know why I set four as the limit.


  • #9
    Dr_Colossus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,187 ✭✭✭Dr_Colossus


    I once fixed a bike for a guy, he had an old high nellie type commuter and on the back tube he had 13 patches with some of them overlapping. I told him at that stage the tube had served him well and it was time to change it.


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