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Old November 10th 18, 03:37 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Frank Krygowski[_4_]
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Default Preserving en-route repair material

On 11/9/2018 4:56 PM, news18 wrote:
On Wed, 07 Nov 2018 13:08:50 +0000, Tanguy Ortolo wrote:

I read somewhere that I could protect the tube by keeping it tightly
wrapped into an old sock, which I will try, but would you have any
advice regarding the glue?


IME, the thread on those tubes is very loose/coarse, so they don't seal
tightly, hence the drying over time. The only tip I can think of is to
put a thin layer of plastic under the cap to improve sealing and reduce
the tendency to dry out.

OTOH, when unopened aluminium tubes of super glue dry out, you have to
expect super thin aluminium tubes must have microholes in them, but as a
card of 7 costs a whole $2 in the cheap shop, it isn't really a problms.
Similarly, I just reguard regularly buying a new tube of patch glue a
maintenance issue. YMMV but the local mini supermarket has a sectin of
knick knacks that include bicycle punture kits as an economic price,


When traveling in a new city (or country) I like to browse in the bike
shops. If the shop staff are friendly to me, I like to buy some little
trinket as a souvenir and give them a little business. Often the trinket
I pick is a patch kit.

In Amsterdam I chose a fresh supply of patches, rather than the entire
kit, since I seem to run out of the 15mm round patches before I run out
of the rubber cement. But this discussion is making me question my choice.


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