Marking puncture on tube
10-19-23, 12:24 PM
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Old school here. I mark the tube with the patch. Permanent, easy to find. Easy to line up with tire and find the culprit. Tube then gets stuffed back inside the tire. Nothing to have to do later. No marker required. (Though I miss the old Parker pens. Short enough to fit in the cloth backpacking wallets from REI, always worked and never leaked. The pens are still around but those second two features are long gone.)
10-19-23, 03:03 PM
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Markers last maybe one use before they dry out, at least for me. I tried a woodworking crayon, but seeing its marking against the tube was difficult. At this moment, I am testing Maybelline Eyeliner Pencil in Sparkling Silver, and it looks good thus far 
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10-20-23, 02:05 AM
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Another vote for a silver Sharpie. I would have thought a Chinagraph pencil would do the trick as well (I think they're called grease pencils outside the UK).
