Also worth mentioning: I only use good quality patch kits, generally Rema, sometimes Rustines. Never the glue-less ones.
Best, Reed On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 2:42 PM, Reed Kennedy <r...@notfine.com> wrote: > I must have installed at least a hundred patches over the years. (I used > to run narrow high pressure tires, and used to get more flats.) > > I've had a handful of patches fail. These generally fall in to one of two > categories: > > - Put the puncture too close to the edge of the patch (to cover a big > cut, or to try and cover both holes in a snakebite puncture with one small > patch). > - Puncture right near the seam of the tube. (Sometimes it forms a > little channel for air to get out.) > > Even considering those, I have a patch failure rate of much below 5%. I > consider it a permanent, reliable fix. > > And what's the alternative? Throwing away a tube after every tiny > puncture? What a waste! > > > Best, > Reed > > On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 2:36 PM, lum gim fong <john11.2...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> *What is your track record with patching?* >> >> Has it worked like a permanent, reliable fix for the tube? >> >> I hear differing opinions about this. >> >> I can save some $$ if patching is a permanent fix. >> >> >> Not interested in tubeless at all. Just wondering about question in >> subject title. Thanks. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
