Puncture patches

It does if you file the shiny stuff off the rubber on both.

Gearóid Ó Laoi said:

It does if you file the shiny stuff off the rubber on both.

Yes, perhaps there's more mold-release on tubes these days.

~PB

[quote="Quoted message"][B]When I was a kid back in the 50's we used to cut our >patches out of old innertubes and stick them
on with ordinary rubber solution. They never came undone. Our >tubes probably had more patches
than tube![/quote]

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It doesn't work anymore, so what's changed. The glue or the >material the tube is made from.

I think I read this tip on a website, maybe Sheldon Browns, and I tried it for the first time
yesterday.

I used a Black and Decker 'Mouse' - same as a Dremel tool, with a small sander wheel. I think it
did a great job of sanding down the tube, but I did think it was a bit too easy to sand right
through the tube!

The proof of the pudding will be in the eating though, when I actually ride on the tube tomorrow.

Thus spake "Bill" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

When I was a kid back in the 50's we used to cut our patches out of old innertubes and stick them
on with ordinary rubber solution. They never came undone. Our tubes probably had more patches
than tube!

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It doesn't work anymore, so what's changed. The glue or the material the tube is made from.

I think the tubes are now made of synthetic (butyl) rubber.

Tip-Top patches are the biz though. My patches seldom peel or fail.

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Helen Deborah Vecht said:

Tip-Top patches are the biz though. My patches seldom peel or fail.

Absolutely. Accept No Substitute. Except maybe Bridgeport Cure-C-Cure if you can find them.

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Garry Lee said:

It does if you file the shiny stuff off the rubber on both.

Buy some patches you stingy git ;-)

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Just zis Guy said:

Helen Deborah Vecht said:

Tip-Top patches are the biz though. My patches seldom peel or fail.

Absolutely. Accept No Substitute. Except maybe Bridgeport Cure-C-Cure if you can find them.

Velox patches are good too. Technique is more important than brand. I'm sure just about any make of
patch will do.

~PB

Pete Biggs said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Tip-Top patches are the biz though. My patches seldom peel or fail.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Absolutely. Accept No Substitute. Except maybe Bridgeport Cure-C-Cure if you can find them.

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Velox patches are good too. Technique is more important than brand. I'm sure just about any make of
patch will do.

Maybe. But I wish you culd still get big tins of powdered French chalk. I finished mine back in the
80s and haven't been able to replace it.

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It does if you file the shiny stuff off the rubber on both.

I agree, just give both surfaces a thorough rubbing with sandpaper or on the cement floor and keep
the glue smears very thin and so far I've never had a problem.These days I only buy patches to
support the lbs really.

As for those who never get punctures, I find that very hard to understand, as I get them all the
time due to glass frags, or thorns in autumn.I had two cuts of more than 5mm in the past month, one
on a softish 37mm tyre and one in a hard 23mm. I can understand the bike shops giving away bottle
openers, it must be good for business. TerryJ

you know? said:

Maybe. But I wish you culd still get big tins of powdered French chalk. I finished mine back in the
80s and haven't been able to replace it.

Climbing shops. Well 'ard climbers use it to dry their sweaty mitts before slapping an
impossible move.

Tim
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fast and gripping, non pompous, glossy and credible.

Quoted message said:

Maybe. But I wish you culd still get big tins of powdered French chalk. I finished mine back in
the 80s and haven't been able to replace it.

Have you never been given talcum powder for christmas? At least it makes my tyres smell nice.

TerryJ

(Terry) said:

Have you never been given talcum powder for christmas?

Thankfully not :-)

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At least it makes my tyres smell nice.

I'm absolutely sure that my 'bent would go a good 3mph slower if it smelt like a [censored]'s boudoir :-D

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Thus spake "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]>

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On Sat, 17 May 2003 16:46:08 +0100, "Pete Biggs" <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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> Tip-Top patches are the biz though. My patches seldom peel or fail.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Absolutely. Accept No Substitute. Except maybe Bridgeport Cure-C-Cure if you can find them.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Velox patches are good too. Technique is more important than brand. I'm sure just about any make
of patch will do.

Quoted message said:

Maybe. But I wish you culd still get big tins of powdered French chalk. I finished mine back in
the 80s and haven't been able to replace it.

Put smelly talcum powder in a film cannister.

What else should you do with unwanted Christmas gifts?

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Thus spake [email hidden] (Terry)

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Maybe. But I wish you culd still get big tins of powdered French chalk. I finished mine back in
the 80s and haven't been able to replace it.

Quoted message said:

Have you never been given talcum powder for christmas? At least it makes my tyres smell nice.

The Rays, buggrit!

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Thus spake "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]>

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On 18 May 2003 13:26:48 -0700, [email hidden] (Terry) wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Have you never been given talcum powder for christmas?

Quoted message said:

Thankfully not :-)

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

At least it makes my tyres smell nice.

Quoted message said:

I'm absolutely sure that my 'bent would go a good 3mph slower if it smelt like a [censored]'s
boudoir :-D

ITYM an old folks' home...[1]

[1] That lovely blend of incontinence and air freshener...

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Helen Deborah Vecht said:

Thus spake "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Maybe. But I wish you culd still get big tins of powdered French chalk. I finished mine back in
the 80s and haven't been able to replace it.

Put smelly talcum powder in a film cannister. What else should you do with unwanted
Christmas gifts?

Seems fair enough to me, though as an alternative you could probably get wee blocks of French chalk
from a supplier of billiards and snooker equipment, or as another possibility the blocks of
Magnesium Carbonate climbers use for drying their pinkies available from most outdoor shops that
cater to climbers.

Pete.
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Helen Deborah Vecht said:

Quoted message said:

I'm absolutely sure that my 'bent would go a good 3mph slower if it smelt like a [censored]'s
boudoir :-D

Quoted message said:

ITYM an old folks' home...[1]

Trust me, when the purchasers of pressies are aged 6 and 9 anything can happen :-D

Guy
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