Punctures: repair or replace?

[Mars]

Accelebrate said:

Well when unicycling over a tightrope became a bit easy I thought I'd use my time wisely and throw a tube change or two into the mix.

Fabulous..!!

[Matt London]

Kermit power said:

Oddly, that's the brand I've been having problems with!

I gave up on them after getting two punctures in one ride and having both repairs fail.

[Trevelyan]

I had to repair another puncture today so thought I'd take a quick photo of my rear tube to give the replacement camp some nightmares. Personally I think there's plenty of life left in the tube yet. Once there's more patch than original tube I might think about retiring it

[Chicane-UK]

Always just replace the tube! Can't be bothered with patching the damn thing!

[Mars]

Trevelyan said:

I had to repair another puncture today so thought I'd take a quick photo of my rear tube to give the replacement camp some nightmares. Personally I think there's plenty of life left in the tube yet. Once there's more patch than original tube I might think about retiring it

Overlapping patches are brilliant.

[Mr Gear]

Trevelyan said:

I had to repair another puncture today so thought I'd take a quick photo of my rear tube to give the replacement camp some nightmares. Personally I think there's plenty of life left in the tube yet. Once there's more patch than original tube I might think about retiring it

A true connoisseur!

[pb63]

I repair. It takes all of 2 mins. If you have a descent repair kit, with the self adhesive already on the patches, then it's really no big issue.

Takes less space rather than carrying a spare tube, and less weight!

I've never had a patch fail yet...

[Mr Gear]

pb63 said:

I've never had a patch fail yet...

Me neither... and that's not through a lack of patching either! I've gone through boxes and boxes of repair patches in my time.

[BliarOut]

pb63 said:

I repair. It takes all of 2 mins. If you have a descent repair kit, with the self adhesive already on the patches, then it's really no big issue.

Takes less space rather than carrying a spare tube, and less weight!

I've never had a patch fail yet...

Wait till you have a 120PSI blowout

a) You'll think you've been fking shot.
b) You'll be deaf
c) You'll need fresh keks
d) There is usually very little of your tube left to patch

[Accelebrate]

I had a new Schwalbe tyre blow off the rim whilst I was holding it indoors, having just inflated it to 120psi. My own fault, those particular tyres are a worryingly loose fit and I hadn't checked that the bead had seated properly.

It was also a talc filled Continental tube, so there was a huge noise, a stinging sensation in my fingers and a cloud of 'smoke'. Quite shocking when you're just minding your own business rebuilding your bike.