On 18/07/2019 00:58, AMuzi wrote:
On 7/17/2019 5:02 PM, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 10:50:29 +0100, Tom Evans
wrote:

On 17/07/2019 05:18, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 08:34:12 +1000, James
wrote:

On 16/7/19 3:25 pm, John B. wrote:

Â*Â*Â* :-) Not necessarily so. The sitting by the roadside in the rain I
described was two "finish nails" through the tire. Punctured the
first
time, pulled the nail out changed the tube and almost exactly 1
kilometer down the road punctured again, the same kind of nail. I had
used up the only spare tube I was carrying, the patches won't stick,
it is raining.


I was riding with a couple of mates on a wet day and one of them had
three punctures.Â* After emptying his two CO2 canisters on the first
two
punctures, he begged for my pump.Â* The patch worked too.

I had some of those glue less, or whatever you call 'em, patches they
didn't stick well in the rain, or at least mine didn'tÂ* :-(

In WW2 pilots were given a patch kit for the inflatable life raft they
carried, in case they had to ditch in the sea. These patches stuck even
when applied in/under the water.

I'm pretty sure I have patched tyres in the rain successfully. The
problem I remember is my cold fingers having trouble getting the tyre
off.

I can't speak forÂ* your patches but I can assure you that mine didn't
stick :-)
--
cheers,

John B.


I was curious about patching a wet rubber coated canvas life raft
somewhere in the Pacific in 1945 and found this:

http://www.bellsaviation.com/mm5/mer...egory_Code=SKC


more recent version, better images:

http://www.bellsaviation.com/mm5/mer...o ry_Code=SKC


Doesn't look applicable to a bicycle tube.


Someone I know, who did ditch in the North Sea, said that he did use
glue and patches and he compared it to fixing a bike tube. He described
it a being a bit like being in the bucket with an inner tube looking for
bubbles.