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Glueless Patches

  • 10-09-2019 11:52am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,174 ✭✭✭✭


    Got 2 different punctures yesterday in the wet. So frustrating. I was wondering are the above any good? Are they durable?


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  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,518 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    billyhead wrote: »
    Got 2 different punctures yesterday in the wet. So frustrating. I was wondering are the above any good? Are they durable?

    Grand, just make sure you sand the tube down as you would for a regular patch, they won't stick even if they claim they will if you don't in my experience. They appear to but it won't hold.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,188 ✭✭✭Dr_Colossus


    Have used them for a good few years and generally they're great but as mentioned make sure to sand/roughen the tube well before hand.

    That said I'd had a few Topeak patches fail on me unexpectedly after a few months in use. Stuff like come out to the bike in the morning to a flat tyre to then find a section of the patch has lifted. That then requires a new tube as they're very difficult to remove and sand back the glue to the bare tube to reapply another.

    Have used both Topeak and Parkside patches and don't remember a Parkside patch failing like that of Topeak so I've stuck to Parkside.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    I’ve been using Lifeline self stick patches for years. They stick very well IMO and I’m currently using a tube in my MTB that I patched roughly 2 years ago and it’s still holding air perfectly.


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