How many repairs?

thebluevoice
thebluevoice Posts: 31
edited March 2016 in MTB workshop & tech
Just wondering how many times people will repair their tubes before replacing said tube?

That is, people "still" using tubes of course :)

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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Until the patches start overlapping.

    I normally do do two or three, but I don't think it makes much difference if it's a few more. Just by then the tube starts looking weird.
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  • philcubed
    philcubed Posts: 260
    I only throw the tube away if it gets a puncture on the seam, which I can never get a patch to seal over.
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    If it can be fixed, I fix it, the only one that couldn't went down fast at speed and by the time I stopped it had a lot of holes where it had been pinched.
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  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    My downhill tubes have several patches each. I only bin a tube it it's torn or split on a seam or the valve is dead.
    I even pick up abandoned tubes on trails which lazy morons left behind.
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  • swod1
    swod1 Posts: 1,639
    I've got a few spare tubes and one tube has about 6 patches on it and is still usable as a last resort if all else fails.

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