Repair a punctured tubular tyre. (Please read description first)

Gives some idea on what repairing a punctured tubular tyre involves. Things always look easy. Found lots of stuff written on the internet on how to do it, so this is a picture slide on tubular tyre repair. Hey, at least the tubular lasted 1000km before this puncture. Buying a new racing tyre is expensive.
I have to say that I carry a spare tubular with me and fit that unto the rim when I have a puncture, I stuff the punctured tubular tyre behind the saddle and bring it back home for the patch job. The tyre that you see here is the newer types which are normally not patched up, but I tried doing this when I had some free time. CAUTION: If the patch wasn't done well or for any other unknown weakness in the damaged tyre, the tyre might have a catastrophic failure (Explode or come of the rim) So perform this repair at your own risk, for your use only. It was a risk I was willing to take because of the low mileage of the tyre at the time of the puncture and being confident with my experience in patching motorcycle and bicycle tubes. If I had clocked like 2000 to 3000km (2 months) on the tyre, I would have thrown it away, taking into account the higher temperatures I ride in (30 to 35 deg cel)
Disclaimer: If you suffer any loss whatsoever, don't blame me. I'm just showing you what i did with my tyre.
Thanks for watching.

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Howto & Style

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• tubular
• tyre
• repair
• nickeeboy
• ignaz
• cycling
• bicycle
• wheels

[sgarfield100]

You just saved me £35, great idea & works well. Also do you have the TAB for the guitar track. Cheers.

[nickeeboy]

@sgarfield100

Hi, sorry for the 1 year late reply, I just saw your comment.

Don't have the TAB for the guitar mood music. But from listening, it's sus2 and 4 chords, arpeggios.

[roxyfish098]

What kind of adhesive do you use to patch the tube and tire, and to re-affix the base tape?

[nickeeboy]

If I remember correctly, it's the Genuine Innovations patch kit (very slim and tiny patch). I put a spot of household Super Glue on the puncture on the inside of tyre. Stiched up the tyre. Super Glue on the base tape. I only did that because the tyre was very new. All my tubulars only last 1000km. It's the heat that kills them.

[lewis72]

I've just got a punctured tub. 13 bloody quid they are!! (26 USD). I can now see why they've fallen out of favour.

[nickeeboy]

They're nice to ride on and tend to stay on the rim when they blowout.

I recently punctured new tubulars every 2 weeks. So I switched to Vittoria Rallys. Then I blew my budget after 4 changes. The road glass and screws on the roads ate all my tyres.

So now I'm back to cycling on the MTB spinning along on my knobbies.

[Im2cool0101]

So it is possible to patch a tubular tyre. I didn't know that. I wil sure give it a go in case i suffer from a puncture :D Thank you very much. :)

[davidoffon]

Campag Boras, second hand for £800 plus Veloflex tyres and I was winning in three weeks for the first time in two years.I had bought a pair of Scirroccos just before last win and by this time the bearings were fooked, I wiilll never race a cheap pair of wheels again even though I cant afford them. You can run them at 140 psi even in the wet, at least I did and they never budged, hairy corners at speed , no problems and racing has become very exciting again.

[lewis72]

Yes, I may have to dig the MTB but roadies are far nicer on the road.