hello Ted
Hi Ted,
so you made to Tanzania on your expensive rear tyre ;-)
very good.
my first thought of your problem was:
the glue is old (the tube has been open for too long) so the new patches wont stick anymore.
but this wont explain why the old patches (that you put on a long time ago) would also come off.
I stoped using this TipTop (in the green box) patches after one came off with the heat in Australia - but I would still carry them for emergencies (always with new glue every six months or so)
As you know, most of the places in Africa that fix tubes dont use this patches, they cut up an old tube to make a patch, use their own glue and enough heat to *glue* and press them together. I never had one of this patches come off.
my advise: take the tube to a local tyre fixing place and ask the guy to take all the TipTop patches off and fix the holes with his method (make him clean the tube with petrol-or do it yourself). watch him and if you dont trust his job, go to another place.
At Alibaba:
*What kind or tubes do you use? Some brands are more or less impossible to patch.*
I have never heard of this, which brand do you mean?
Ted, enjoy your trip and ride safe
Greetings from Brazil
Mika
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