"IanB" wrote in message
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Have they disappeared?
These are the strips of feathered patches, foil and paper
covered.
I found that my local petrol shop stocked these at 69p a
strip. However when I was about to move to a town with no
close LBS I tried to buy a good stock but he had run out and
said he could not find a supplier. Now I am in a non LBS
town I have found that a local Car Shop (spares) holds cycle
bits, he knew what I meant but was out of stock. I went
back yesterday and he then said that he could not find a
supplier and could only offer the "kits".
I have never seen these advertised in magazine adverts,
dealer catalogues or in any web site I have browsed and
anyway would expect the postage to make it not worth while.
I know that many LBSs do not deal in these patches (many
staff do not know what I was talking about). So are they
still in production? Can anyone give me a wholesaler name
that I can point my nonLBS man at? Same goes for the glue
although I have not been looking for that.
As a by the way when I was still a working man I had
access to a LBS which stocked these but it closed. The man
in the market had the patches but not the glue (I was short
of both). the adjacent LBS had glue but not patches so that
re-stocking worked. Then I retired and my mileage (and
punctures) went up and the two nearest LBSs did not know
what I was talking about, fortunately I then discovered what
stock was carried by the village petrol shop (a treasure
chest of odds and ends, even got a front (2.4w) dynamo bulb
there!)
--
IanB


n.b. as I subscribe to two large newsgroups it may be
several days before I see a newsgroup response


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Have you tried 'googling' for 'cure-c-cure patches'? A quick search showed
several sources including 'Wiggle'.

Cic.