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Old July 17th 17, 02:41 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Joerg[_2_]
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Default Piece of thick old tube instead of patch?

On 2017-07-16 13:09, wrote:
On Sunday, July 16, 2017 at 9:47:26 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
Got a couple of thick tubes that are damaged because of the #%&@!!
Gatorksin side wall blow-outs back when I used those tires.
Expensive at around $17/pop, don't want to throw away. Fixing small
tears of 1/10" or so with REMA patches works but only for 3-6
month, then they hiss through and I get a slow leak. I can ride
home but it's annoying.

Using Slime Rubber Cement, is it possible to glue a roughened chunk
of tube material on there instead of a REMA patch or is that a
recipe for another flat? If not, are there better (= thicker)
patches than REMA?


Latest advertisement for Kenda Valkyrie Pro - "bead to bead belt".
Might be something to look into. The prices in the magazine are
preposterous but usually the Ebay places or Amazon can get you
descent prices and delivery.


The CST Conquistare that I switched to supposedly also have bead-to-bead
belt. However, they seem to wear about twice as fast as Gatorskins. I
might have to live with that though because their side walls are so much
better and so far I always found them under $20. Assuming 1250mi the
rear would contribute 1.6c/mile to the operational costs of the road
bike :-)

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