Inner tubes...

[Roly]

5 in boxes hidden in bottom of toolbox. A whole green binliner full of holey ones, sadly the Specialized goo filled ones have, err, Harold Monked all over the inside of the bag. Mmm slimey.

 

[Augustus]

2 NIB

about 87 in a state of "i can't remember if i repaired this one or not so I'll check that out later and take this new one this time" limbo.


:roll:

 

[Kestonian]

You can repair them?

Whatever next!

 

[xizang]

3 NiB. I don't patch punctured ones cos it always used to play on my mind when riding that the patch was going to fall off!!! If they pucture I bin, sorry, put them in the re-cycling bag, and use a new one.

 

[FairfaxPat]

Since I changed over to tubeless on my modern ride, I haven't had a flat in almost 3 years-at 3500 plus miles per year! Plus, I found out years ago that if you could afford new tubes, use them, because patching the old ones left you open to a greater chance of a flat during your ride-onetime I rode down Mt. Tam with a good patch on my rear tube and the rim got hot enough from the rim brake on the way down to melt the glue and cause the tire to flat!

 

[Birdman]

no new ones, 2 'veterans' in the camelbac, one in the garage awaiting assessment (its more patch than tube and I'm not sure it holds air anymore).

Always repair them if its been punctured by a thorn etc, snakebites usually gash them too much to patch up. Never had issues with the repairs, I use glue and decent patches, not the adhesive patches, keeps the tubes going for years

However, I don't patch and bin my holed road bike innertubes as 100psi is a lot more pressure to put through a repair :?

 

[Crayons]

About 4 NIB, all conti supersonics.
Stacks of old tosh things either repaired/not repaired/rotting away in the garage. Just never get round to it. Repair the supersonics (even though the patches add gramms ), and sometimes repair the heavy ones as spares.

I bought a couple of these for the Xizang, in an attempt to keep it as light as poss. 'Cause the cost so much I've always patched them. Had to change the rear the other day and realised, to my dismay, the Conti now weighs more than the cheapie Halfords special I stuck back in :?

The moral being: light tubes are only light if you throw them away

 

[stevet1]

2 NIB
about 87 in a state of "i can't remember if i repaired this one or not so I'll check that out later and take this new one this time" limbo.
:roll:

Ditto that. Occasionally I have a session of checking them. Must get round to it again.

 

[retrojon]

10 or so.

You have to appreciate a well applied patch. The orange zigzag edge all neatly stuck down, a light dusting of chalk...

 

[Anthony]

10 or so.

You have to appreciate a well applied patch. The orange zigzag edge all neatly stuck down, a light dusting of chalk...

Well you're a better man they me, I hate those bloody fussy things, they always peel at the edges. I use Weldtite patch strip, you get a 155 x 95mm strip and you cut the patches yourself, no chamfered edge, stick well, never had any problem at all with them.

And for the weight weenies, I've just weighed six of my Weldtite cut out patches and they weigh 3 grams for the six, including the backing strip. So I reckon my 125g tubes could be patched over 100 times and still not weigh as much as a standard tube.