Quote Originally Posted by nscrbug View Post
I'm with Crankin on this one. I would not feel comfortable using a tube with a patched up hole in it. Maybe it is wasteful and considered not being "green", but I've never not made it back home on a replacement tube. I'll stick with replacing over repairing my tubes. JMO. And FWIW, I also do not know anyone personally, that patches their tubes after a flat.
LOL. I live in tackweed-central. No one here rides without patched tubes. I have set myself a 5-patch-per tube limit rather arbitrarily. I have never had a patch (that was done right) be the cause of another flat - it's always another tackweed that does it.
I couldn't afford the ~20+tubes/year. Especially since I have 5 different wheel sizes on my 4 different bikes. (My velo has a 26" and 2-20" wheels, my commuter has a 26" and a 24" tire, my 'racing' bike has 2-650s, my trike has 16" tires all around)