Do patched road tubes last?
05-11-22, 12:55 PM
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If you replace the tube when you get home, or "after a few rides" as you mentioned upthread, then no, you really don't have enough to claim that glueless patches "work just as good." OP asked about whether patched tubes last long, not just to the end of the ride.
05-11-22, 03:38 PM
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If you replace the tube when you get home, or "after a few rides" as you mentioned upthread, then no, you really don't have enough to claim that glueless patches "work just as good." OP asked about whether patched tubes last long, not just to the end of the ride.
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I just suspect you and I and the OP are working from different definitions of "longevity."
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This thread should get some kind of award. Never in my life have I read so much about nothing, saiid endlessly. I post something profound and hope to get 5 posts. By the way, a properly installed patch will last forever
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You should come around more often, you'll find many could deserve that award.
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Umm no...That last time I did it, the glueless patch was on the bike for 2 years. And then I sold the bike with patched tube in it because I was too lazy to put in a new tube before selling the bike.
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I'm not going to recommend a product that would fail after a few days, weeks or months.
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I'd hope a person wouldn't recommend something crappy, but I've seen it before on BikeForums, and we all have different standards.
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And FWIW, I've put a glueless patch on that lasted three years. ("WIW" probably isn't much.)
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I can’t speak for ThermionicScott but I’ve had them last long enough to have 30 patches on a single tube. I don’t generally patch and put the tube back into the wheel so the tube has been in the rotation of tubes I use (anywhere for 3 to a dozen different tubes). 5 to 10 years is quite likely for the age of the patch. Failed patches are never a reason that I have to dispose of a tube, however.
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05-13-22, 10:56 AM
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I carry 2-3 tubes and a pack of topeak flypaper on long rides. I've only had to use the flypaper once, but I was glad to have it. When I got home I peeled it off and replaced it with a rema patch which lasts essentially forever. I just recently replaced the tubes and tires on an old beach cruiser that I got used in 1991. There were patches on those tubes that were at least 25 years old. Maybe a glueless patch would last that long too. Who knows? For a while I cheaped out and used aliexpress patches and craft store rubber cement. It pretty much works most of the time, but those patches all eventually peeled off, so I don't use that method anymore.
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So I have to lean on others for their experience with longer timeframes, and with glueless patches. Admittedly I haven't gotten around to trying glueless patches from their reputation for coming loose. If I seem a bit aggressive in this thread, it's because I'm totally open to changing my mind, but only by good data. So I appreciate what you've posted.
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05-16-22, 02:03 PM
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I got seriously into cycling in 2008 and needed to start patching tubes not long after that, let's say 2009. So I have 700C tubes with patches dating back to the 2009-2010 timeframe, and still holding pressure in those bikes more than a decade later.
So I have to lean on others for their experience with longer timeframes, and with glueless patches. Admittedly I haven't gotten around to trying glueless patches from their reputation for coming loose. If I seem a bit aggressive in this thread, it's because I'm totally open to changing my mind, but only by good data. So I appreciate what you've posted.
So I have to lean on others for their experience with longer timeframes, and with glueless patches. Admittedly I haven't gotten around to trying glueless patches from their reputation for coming loose. If I seem a bit aggressive in this thread, it's because I'm totally open to changing my mind, but only by good data. So I appreciate what you've posted.
With that said, more often than not I just throw the tubes away once they've been patched. Tubes are cheap (I pay about ~$5 for conti race tubes) and don't flat often enough to worry about keeping patched tubes around.
