Sticky patches for road tyre inner tubes?

BigLee1

What do people rate? I had a flat on my road bike the other day and repaired it with a park tools patch and in the morning it had gone down. When I removed the tyre again it looks like the patch couldn`t handle the 110 psi I inflated it to and wasn`t stuck down where the air had squeezed past! I did put it on properly and have used these patches on my mtb but only at a max of 50psi.
Any tips for patches for next time?

Cheers

Lee

simianwatching

I never bother with patches on road tyres - they can't handle the high pressures.

Take a couple of spare inner tubes with you . Check your tyres regularly for signs of wear and tear of course.

jeepie

Hi Big Lee

I used to be like simianwatching until I got so many flats that it just became too expensive to do that strategy.....

I think the parktools ones are meant to be temporary....

Have you tried the "traditional" puncture repair kit with the glue and chalk and so on? If so the tip I got from here is LET IT DRY for about 4-5 mins before applying the patch...

So parktools to get you home and then proper repair...

Just a thought.....

BigLee1

Thanks lads, I have put a new tube in and binned the repaired one. I normally carry a couple of tubes anyway. This flat was my fault, a spoke had broke and I nipped the tube getting the tyre off :oops: The Bontrager tyres on the bike are Hard case ones and seem to be very resistant to punctures, I`ve pulled some good size bits of sharp things out of them before

crankycrank

Agree with Jeepie on this one. Applied properly glued patches will last as long as the tube even with very high pressures. A bit of a waste to just throw away a tube with a single puncture.

antfly

Try the rema puncture kits,the tubes are like new if you do it properly.

johans

I've used the Park GP2 glueless patches a number of times and they have worked as well as good old traditional glue patches for me. Given the hassle of glue always drying out once you open the tube I highly recommend GP2 patches.

Agree that just using new tubes is not economical or necessary - I take a spare tube but in a lot of cases (glass shard puncture) it is easier to apply a GP2 without needing to remove the wheel or entire tube.

antfly

johans wrote:

I've used the Park GP2 glueless patches a number of times and they have worked as well as good old traditional glue patches for me. Given the hassle of glue always drying out once you open the tube I highly recommend GP2 patches.

Agree that just using new tubes is not economical or necessary - I take a spare tube but in a lot of cases (glass shard puncture) it is easier to apply a GP2 without needing to remove the wheel or entire tube.

What sort of pressure are you putting in your glueless patched tube?

dazzawazza

I use the glued patches all the time as a permanent fix.
Never had a problem on pressures up to 120psi.

Gussio

dazzawazza wrote:

I use the glued patches all the time as a permanent fix.
Never had a problem on pressures up to 120psi.

+1 I've been using the glued patched made by Slime. 120psi nae bother.

Wooliferkins

I use the Weldtite patches 110psi no problem.

DavidS84

Absolutely agree with the previous post - the red, circular Weldtite patches work to v high psi, and they're a lot less hassle than dealing with glue (and cheaper than scrapping the tube).

I had the same experience as you with the Park patch - when I removed the tube the following day, the Park patch had leaked, but the Weldtite patches were still firmly fused in place (from a couple of repairs carried out months ago).

Go with the Weldtites!

schlepcycling

dazzawazza wrote:

I use the glued patches all the time as a permanent fix.
Never had a problem on pressures up to 120psi.

+1 been using the Park patches for ages at around 110psi and not had any problems.