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Originally Posted by njkayaker
The mass of the glue is likely at 100 fold more than the mass of a patch. So, that doesn't make it necessarily conceivable that a patch would matter at all.
Mass isn't the relevant characteristic. Given that some of the better minds in cycling and engineering have acknowledged the possibility of a patch having a measurable effect (see R Chung's post above), it is clearly conceivable. The questions of exactly how much it matters remains to be answered, but it isn't an inconceivable issue.

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