Bulk buy inner tube patches?

Simon Notley

Does anyone know of a place I can buy inner tube patches in bulk (say 50 at a time). They are strangely hard to get hold of unless you buy a complete kit (there are only so many tubes of vulcanising rubber and small squares of sandpaper a man needs...)

I found some on Parker, but you only get six for a few quid. Surely they must be available in bulk somewhere. I have about ten tubes waiting to be patched!

EDIT

A bit more googling (once I'd got a brand name to search for) revealed this:

http://www.ukbikestore.co.uk/product/10 ... ection.htm

Not bad, but hoping to find cheaper.

Stuck on a Giant

I believe Mike Dyason (or whatever his website is now called - Google it and I'm sure you'll find it) did them until recently, don't know if does currently but worth a look.

If you need to practise, I've got a few (30ish) punctured tubes...

Simon Notley

that's spot on thanks SOAG. I googled the name and found this site

In motion

crankycrank

Just Google REMA patches. They can usually be found in boxes of 100 if not 50. The "F1" size is the small round size found in their patch kits but they sell an even smaller 18mm-dia "F0" size that's perfect for narrow road tubes.

geoff_ss

Unless you get a lot of punctures, or mend a lot of other people's, buying patches in bulk isn't a good idea. I bought a box of a 100 once and they were fine for a while (about a year or so) but after a while they deteriorated and I eventually discarded most of them. It became almost impossible to get the backing off IIRC.

I know this is a dangerous thing to say but I haven't had a puncture for the last year - only 4000 miles or so - so buying in bulk isn't worth it.

What I would like is rubber solution in small tubes. The larger sizes also go off with time once they're opened.

Geoff

Big Banjo

Wilkinsons sell a puncture repair kit containing 6 patches for 79p