Adhesive patches

silentpanther15 said:yeah... sure, they aren't puncture-proof, but you can still slice right through them. Tubeless setups don't fix that reality..

haha, let's be real—no system is bulletproof unless you're running full rubber. I remember back when I was a kid riding this little bike; we used to run full tubes. It was an old Russian bike my brother used to ride before me. Those tires were basically Swiss cheese—covered in tiny pinholes and long slits, some five to ten centimeters long. After a rainstorm, you could actually see water seeping out of the tread. We had them filled with some kind of sealant foam. Probably wasn't the worst way to go about it, just maybe a bit heavy!

silentpanther15 said:I honestly haven't a clue.
Though, honestly, in this day and age, finding out shouldn't be much of a headache. 😁

For instance—let's say you grab two BMX air pumps for roughly $13, and maybe a bottle of Stan's latex sealant for about 100 bucks. Might be a little more, depending on the shop, but that should give you enough for several sets.

Give this a look: click!

Thanks for the tip about Google, I'd heard of it 😉 but I don't really know my way around all the technical tubeless jargon—so I wasn't quite sure what terms to throw at the search bar. Feeling a bit more informed now.

Self-adhesive patches are a total waste of money if you ask me. I’ve tried them, and they just don't hold up. That's why I stick to the classic patches with the orange borders and a little tube of glue.

Those adhesive strips are a godsend. They save you every single time. Within five minutes, they grab onto the iris and won't let go. At least they don't for me, especially on 932 miles asphalt. Respect.

Come on, silentpanther15 and Richard Reyes38, please—give us the lowdown on which adhesive patches actually work (brand names, please!) and where you picked them up—like, what store and which city?

I really want to give this a shot. It’s pretty obvious there's a massive range of quality out there; some are great, others are useless. Honestly, these Acor ones I've been using aren't even worth mentioning...

I picked them up in Chicago at the Extreme Shop. $3.25—ten patches in total. Don't come for me, but I have no clue who the manufacturer is since I obviously tossed the packaging 👎. They were folded accordion-style inside one of those little zip-lock bags.

It’s honestly not even worth it.
Paying $10--$5.00 just for a bunch of patch kits that you'll end up using to just patch things back together later...👎
I'd much rather put that money toward a brand new air compressor, or whatever else I need.

I don't know. You might have just run into some low-quality patches, or maybe the ones they used don't suit your driving style, but the one I went with is top-tier and kept 932 miles on my rear tire.