Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
That's two people who won't use patched tubes, so I have to ask again: have you ever had a patch fail? Because it's never happened to me or anyone I know.
I've had the stick-on easy patches fail. The majority of people around here are mountain bikers, and for a bunch of years my LBS dealt primarily with MTBs. Like when those kits first came out - the owner was certain they'd work on road bike tubes. I had them fail every time. Finally I patched a hole, put some air in the tube, and watched as the pressure forced a path out to the edge of the patch. Like a tiny little critter tunneling. I might consider using them on my MTB, but never again on my road bike, unless I had reason to believe they'd been improved. And they may well have been improved since that time, but I don't trust them. Not on a high-pressure tire.