I'll go along with Mark on this one.? I have repaired several in the past 30+ years and even if I did them every day, I could never do a tire in 15 minutes!!? My goodness, there is quite a bit involved as Mark describes, and I think my best times were closer to an hour (from removing the tire to regluing it) which is a long time compared to a clincher tube repair!? I have had good results, but they did not come quickly.
Cheers,
Chuck Brooks Malta, NY NEUSA
-----Original Message----- From: FujiFish1@aol.com To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Wed, Aug 12, 2009 1:42 pm Subject: [CR] Tubular repair in 15 minutes? - Was: ... Re Re: $$$ for flatted tire
15 minutes??!!?? It took me hours the couple of times I tried, and the sewn up results were bulky and misshapen. Can you really can find a leak area, remove base tape, unstitch affected area, locate exact leak, clean and repair, properly re-stitch and re-apply base tape in fifteen minutes? I'll send ALL my tubulars to you for repair ... what is you rate per hour, please? :)
Ciao, Mark Agree Southfield MI USA ~ ~ ~
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:26:33 -0400 From: Mark Pounders <markpounders@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [CR] Re Re Re ... Re Re ... Re Re: $$$ for flatted tire To: Amir Avitzur <walawalaoxenfree@gmail.com> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Amir:
You're not missing anything, you're just frugal like most of us. Why spend $60+ on a new tubular when you can spend 15 minutes and a 25 cent patch to repair it?
Peace,
Mark
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:50 AM, Amir Avitzur
<walawalaoxenfree@gmail.com>wrote:
> Jan & Peter & the CR Public:
>
> Frankly, I was shocked and appalled !!!
>
> A friend of mine asked what I needed so many old stock Tip-Top patch kit
> tins ...
> in his opinion ... NO-ONE fixes tubes any more.
> (see
>
>
http://ebay.com/
> )
>
> Can this be true ????
>
> Am I missing something ?
>
> Is Peter onto something?
>
>
>
> Amir Avitzur
> feeling so out-of-it in Ramat-Gan, Israel