When should I replace inner tube?

Brown Cat wrote:
I've just had my second flat and when I came to repair it I was
surprised to find I had three punctures and I've already had one.
I've repaired them but should I just replace the tube rather than
having four plasters on it?

There's no good reason why you can't go on adding more patches, as long as
they're stuck properly and aren't overlapping.

Also, what inner tube should I get? I have an Allez '08.

Any that suits the tyre size - which you will find written on the side of
the tyres.

Schwalbe Extra Light is my favourite at the moment.

~PB

Squashme wrote:
On 22 Dec, 22:42, Brown Cat wrote:
I've just had my second flat and when I came to repair it I was
surprised to find I had three punctures and I've already had one.
I've repaired them but should I just replace the tube rather than
having four plasters on it?


Replace it when your hatred of removing a wheel is outweighed by your
hatred of continually pumping up your tyre.

Eh? If your patches are leaking, you didn't stick them on properly.

~PB

I've just had my second flat and when I came to repair it I was surprised
to find I had three punctures and I've already had one. I've repaired
them but should I just replace the tube rather than having four plasters
on it?

Also, what inner tube should I get? I have an Allez '08.

On 22 Dec, 22:42, Brown Cat wrote:
I've just had my second flat and when I came to repair it I was surprised
to find I had three punctures and I've already had one. I've repaired
them but should I just replace the tube rather than having four plasters
on it?


Replace it when your hatred of removing a wheel is outweighed by your
hatred of continually pumping up your tyre. I'm sure that I once got
to 8 patches.

Squashme wrote:

Eh? If your patches are leaking, you didn't stick them on properly.

I'm good at that.

Do you let the cement dry before applying the patch? If not, that's where
you're going wrong.

~PB

On 22 Dec, 22:11, "Pete Biggs"
wrote:
Squashme wrote:
On 22 Dec, 22:42, Brown Cat wrote:
I've just had my second flat and when I came to repair it I was
surprised to find I had three punctures and I've already had one.
I've repaired them but should I just replace the tube rather than
having four plasters on it?

Replace it when your hatred of removing a wheel is outweighed by your
hatred of continually pumping up your tyre.

Eh? If your patches are leaking, you didn't stick them on properly.

I'm good at that.

On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:42:48 GMT
Brown Cat wrote:

I've just had my second flat and when I came to repair it I was
surprised to find I had three punctures and I've already had one.
I've repaired them but should I just replace the tube rather than
having four plasters on it?

As long as the patches are properly applied there's not really a limit,
although obviously the tube will get heavier the more you add. :-)

Also, what inner tube should I get? I have an Allez '08.

I'm guessing that's a 700x23C or thereabouts - any tube 700x18-23 or
18-25 from a manufacturer you've heard of (Kenda, Schwalbe,
Continental, Michelin, Panaracer, Vittoria, Vredestein, etc).
If you have deep section rime make sure the valves will be long enough.
Buy two or three (or ten - they work out cheaper that way), carry one
with you so you can just swap it rather than fixing a puncture at the
roadside, then when you have a collection of punctured tubes at home
you can fix them all in one go on a rainy afternoon.

On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:27:01 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
Squashme wrote:

Eh? If your patches are leaking, you didn't stick them on
properly.

I'm good at that.

Do you let the cement dry before applying the patch? If not,
that's where you're going wrong.

And note that the best way to test if it's dry is to sniff it, not to
touch it.

regards, Ian SMith
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Rob Morley wrote:
On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:42:48 GMT Brown Cat wrote:
As long as the patches are properly applied there's not really a limit,
although obviously the tube will get heavier the more you add. :-)

Also, what inner tube should I get? I have an Allez '08.

Buy two or three (or ten - they work out cheaper that way), carry one
with you so you can just swap it rather than fixing a puncture at the
roadside, ...

Surely a whole spare inner tube is heavier than any conceivable number
of patches, if you're that worried about weight...

Are there people who don't carry a spare tube for weight reasons? Is a
puncture that can't be patched as unlikely as, say, a broken skewer - or
any other fault that is rare enough that the risk of having to walk home
is better than carrying the spares to fix it?

Colin McKenzie

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On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:27:01 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
Squashme wrote:

Eh? If your patches are leaking, you didn't stick them on
properly.

I'm good at that.

Do you let the cement dry before applying the patch? If not,
that's where you're going wrong.

And note that the best way to test if it's dry is to sniff it, not to
touch it.


Well that's something new I've learnt today.