Re: [CR] Tire Repair History

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

From: "John Hurley" <john_hurley@att.net>
To: "Classic Rendezvous List" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:37:38 -0500
Cc: ad12k@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [CR] Tire Repair History


Alan, Do you just buy Rema patches in bulk? As a kid we bought patch kits from the local gas station. I remember names like "Monkey Grip" and "Atlas". Never had very good results, probably because we didn't clean the tube well, or at all. But when I later found Rema Tip Top, I finally began to get good results.

John Hurley Sweltering in Austin, Texas, USA

Original Message I patch perhaps 50-100 inner-tubes a week, if not more, volunteering for my local bike co-op and use the rubber-cement I buy in bottles or tins (EG: Elmers, Bestine or Best-test) from art-supply stores, it works well. I recommend the bottles or tins with a brush attached to the inside of the lid for convenience and, from time to time, I 'thin' the remaining glue with hexane to compensate for evaporation ... http://www.cutting-mats.net/rubber-cement-glue.html Alan LloydSchaumburg, Illinois, U.S.A.