Originally Posted by
seedsbelize2
Sadly, it's come to that. I recently bought and installed some Velox rim tape. It's a shadow of it's old self.
It's been a long time since I've successfully patched a tube the first try. Maybe I should try a different glue. Of course these days I have Gatorskins on both bikes, so it's become less of an issue.
I haven't patched a tube for so long that I couldn't begin to count the years. Given that, I rounded up every patch kit that I could find in my shop to bring with me to Arizona because I worried about having multiple flats. Shouldn't have worried because the roads have been pretty clean. However, I did pick up a construction staple a few days ago and was bored this morning and decided that I would patch it. The first 5 kits, none had been opened before, all had dried up glue. The 6th kit had glue that was thick but I decided to try it anyway. Spread the glue and it never got tacky. Gave up and threw the tube away.
