Can this tire be patched?

Triathlon Forum
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Relatively new and expensive clincher tire with a small hole in it. So small that a butyl tube works fine, but a latex tube blows when past 80 psi. Learned that one the hard way.

Will a tube patch work? I’m guessing it would fail eventually. Is there a consensus on a substance to use to fill this very small hole? Silicone caulk, super glue, anything?

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A dollar bill on the inside where the hole is kept in place with a little rubber cement and wallah Kenneth is good to go :0)
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They sell tire boots. Got them for a pk pretty cheap. Had a brand new micheling that got a about a half inck cut horizontal across the tire, lasted for over 2000 miles
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This.

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I’ve done this for so long that I’ve been surprised when changing a flat and finding money tucked inside the tire. It works for suprisingly big holes. I’ve also glued a tube patch on the inside but sometimes this makes a lump in the tire

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The dollar that bmanners mentioned works great. Ive also used a gel wrapper in a pinch. something that works better than dollar bills and is FREE is to use a peice of tyvek. Get yourself a fedex envelope and cut out a peice to use as a tire patch. You can get decades worth of patches from a single envelope.

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The dollar that bmanners mentioned works great. Ive also used a gel wrapper in a pinch. something that works better than dollar bills and is FREE is to use a peice of tyvek. Get yourself a fedex envelope and cut out a peice to use as a tire patch. You can get decades worth of patches from a single envelope.

This is what I will do. I also cut tire boots from old tires: why buy em?

Thanks all.

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Never thought of the fedex envelope one but that will work great!!
Mind if I submit that one to the cycling magazine for some Park tools ;0)

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I did it already, didnt get anything which is a shame because as far as I know, I came up with it! :slight_smile: I get no love haha

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I use a piece of an old race number. I guess that is pretty similar to the fedex envelope, but free.

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or a piece of an old thin tire, costs less than the dollar bill you are using

i always carry one in my saddle bag
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I use a piece of an old race number. I guess that is pretty similar to the fedex envelope, but free.

You are correct they’re both Tyvek, Usually

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A dollar bill on the inside where the hole is kept in place with a little rubber cement and wallah Kenneth is good to go :0)

I only use hundred dolla billz yall.
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I’ve done this for so long that I’ve been surprised when changing a flat and finding money tucked inside the tire. It works for suprisingly big holes. I’ve also glued a tube patch on the inside but sometimes this makes a lump in the tire

We had to do this on a ride with a large cut in a buddy’s tire. When we got back to the shop, where I worked weekends at the time, he had a new mechanic/dogboy, put a new tire on. The mechanic brought the dollar out and made sure to give it to the guy in front of me. He asked later if the shop was testing him.

I have used a tube patch before as well. Anything to get you back in!

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I wish I’d seen this thread before buying a new tire to replace one that got a nail through it (and the tube, and the rim strip, and the rim bed) on my last ride.