Good advice, to carry fresh patch glue! Nothing quite like trying to patch and finding the tube has gone solid.
On that topic: Has anyone found a way to buy the little Rema tubes that actually fit inside the patch kit? All the ones I’ve found that are sold individually are larger (longer) than the little blue plastic box. Not the end of the world, but as I rarely (if ever) use up a tube I’d much rather the smaller ones that fit. Reed On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 6:52 PM 'Clayton' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Back in the day, when I rode my mountain bike in the southern California >> desert, goat heads were a constant problem. I finally retired a tube with >> 23 patches on it. I found that Rema's with fresh glue (I buy a new tube of >> glue every year, which reminds me...), works the best. Proper tube prep and >> letting the glue get tacky is key, followed by a through and strong rub >> down. I haven't had a patch fail in a long time. I carry a spare tube and a >> patch kit but always patch my tube on the side of the road rather than >> putting in the tube. I carry the tube just in case a valve rips at the >> tube. Now I will jinx myself by being grateful for living free from flats, >> here in Bend. My tubes usually die from age now, rather than too many >> patches. >> > > Clayton Bailey > > -- > 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.
