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Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Minneapolis
Posts: 936
Bikes: 1968 Raleigh Super Course, 1972 Raleigh Professional, 1975 Raleigh International, 1978 Raleigh Professional, 1985 Raleigh Prestige, 1972 Schwinn Paramount, 1980 Schwinn Voyageur 11.8, 1960 Carlton Franco Suisse Peugeot PX10, 1972 Motobecane Le Champ
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If I’m out on the road and near a bike shop when I get a flat, I’ll buy a new tube just to save myself from the hassle of having to find the hole and patch it. If I’m at home, I’ll patch. Some of my bikes have tubes with up to 4 or 5 patches. In the moment when you get a flat it’s cheap to just replace the tube, but when you add the savings valve of all those patches it adds up fast. At $7.99-$8.99 per tube, it doesn’t take long for me to notice. There is so much glass and debris around here that I had 11 flats last year. This year so far, 4.