I cant patch a road tube to save my life.
I can, however, patch mountain tubes. My mtb probably has 4 patches on it right now, for over a year and they've never failed. I wipe the tube, smear some glue on it, blow until it skins and slap a patch on. Perfect every time, zero failures.
On a road tube.. they always fail, right at about 60-80psi. I never even get the wheel back on the bike. Ive tried a thin layer of glue, a thick layer of glue, glue on just the tube, glue on both, letting it fully/half/not dry. More scuffing, less scuffing.. nothing works, 100% failure rate.
Is there some kind of trick? Im baffled why they absolutely always fail on the road bike, and never on the mountain bike.
I can, however, patch mountain tubes. My mtb probably has 4 patches on it right now, for over a year and they've never failed. I wipe the tube, smear some glue on it, blow until it skins and slap a patch on. Perfect every time, zero failures.
On a road tube.. they always fail, right at about 60-80psi. I never even get the wheel back on the bike. Ive tried a thin layer of glue, a thick layer of glue, glue on just the tube, glue on both, letting it fully/half/not dry. More scuffing, less scuffing.. nothing works, 100% failure rate.
Is there some kind of trick? Im baffled why they absolutely always fail on the road bike, and never on the mountain bike.
