Puncture Repairs made Easy
Well I’d be the first to say that I hate patching a tube. While up at TWC today I was given a Park Tools “Super Patch Kit” to try. It’s a bloody winner in my book, after a quick sand to prep the area of the puncture and slapped on the patch, squeezed out any air bubbles and put it straight back onto the pump and it was ready to go.
Now I’m not one to blow a manufacturers trumpet but this is the ducks nuts when it comes to patch repairs. Park Tools have worked with 3M that:
to produce a self adhesive tube patch that stretches, flexes, twists, and turns right along with the tube. No messy glue, no bulky packaging. Lightly roughen tube with the included sandpaper, clean, apply patch, and you’re ready to go. Six patches with sandpaper in a neat little carry along box. Available individually carded (GP- 2C) or in a handy 50 kit countertop display.
It’s now in my saddle bag waiting for the next flat.
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Some of the reviews for similar items (Slime Scabs) said they’re good to get home on; but you might want to use a vulcanising patch long term (that’s if you don’t hate the planet and just use replacement tubes for every flat).
Are you leaving the patch in place? or replacing it with a new tube / patch? Or waiting to see if your tyre is flat one morning?