| Re: Riding on tires with patched tubes
"Goat Roper" <xxxxx@sssss.fffff> wrote in message
news:jivJc.257842$Gx4.192365@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> I usually have a couple of new tubes as well as a patch kit with me on long
> rides. I've found that if I ride more than about 100 miles with a patched
> tube the tire on that wheel starts showing wear at the location where the
> patch is on the tube. Continues use and the tire will eventually blow out.
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> I'm using patch kits I buy at my LBS, but maybe my tires are a bit too
> cheap. They don't seem too cheap when I am buying them. I generally use
> Vittoria Rubino Pro PRB with Kevlar conpound.
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> Has anyone else had this problem?
Never, most of my tubes have several patches. I generally use them until they
become unrepairable.
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