Back in the days when we dodged dinosaur droppings on the roads, my Dad showed me how to patch tubes. No kid of his was going to be stranded with a flat tire.

As an old violin teacher used to say "It yields to practice." Yes, I do have a fair amount of practice, and I have no trouble riding (thousands of miles) on patched tubes, then patch 'em some more. I figure I'm just adding one more layer of rubber between the air and the pointy things that like to eat tires.

I'll stop when I'm putting patches on patches, however. Even I have my limits.