Glueless Patches

billyhead

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

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.

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.

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.