Where are the Rema patch kits?

[Hellgate]

Originally Posted by MikeD

The Park boot works well and is a good thing to carry. Dollar bills don't work.

I agree.

I also carry a strip of duct tape wrapped around a CO2 cylinder too. It's saved my bacon more than once.

From booting tires holding together torn flesh. Yikes!

[ColonelJLloyd]

Originally Posted by Hellgate

I also carry a strip of duct tape wrapped around a CO2 cylinder too. It's saved my bacon more than once.

From booting tires holding together torn flesh. Yikes!

Duct tape and zip ties are bikepacking essentials. Never leave home without 'em!

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[Hellgate]

Originally Posted by ColonelJLloyd

Duct tape and zip ties are bikepacking essentials. Never leave home without 'em!



Untitled by ColonelJLloyd, on Flickr

Now that is creative!

[ColonelJLloyd]

Haha. Mother necessity and all that.

[merlinmurph]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

big can of Rema vulcanizing fluid and the patches. i bought a pack of 100 or something a long time ago and they are still going.

Ha! Didn't know you could do that. Might have to include some in my next order.

[OldCrank]

anyone notice the clear plastic on top of the Rema patches become harder to remove over time?
Maybe I got an already-old box.

Oh and BTW: Park kits can be refilled, from the Rema box, and Aliexpress sells those obnoxious little tubes of cement.
Just remember to weigh them (or just toss `em) in the spring.

And them we find road glass and potholes WOOT

[zennmotion]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

The park stick-on patches are meant to be a temporary field repair. I carry one spare tube and the stick on patches. If i repair a tube with a stick on patch, when i get home, that patch get's removed and the puncture gets a proper permanent patch.

realistically, i save tubes with holes until i have half a dozen or more and then spend some time with a glass of scotch and patch a bunch of tubes.

big can of Rema vulcanizing fluid and the patches. i bought a pack of 100 or something a long time ago and they are still going.

effective patching is all about surface prep, patience and technique. I have never had a properly affixed rema patch fail.

I've never seen the vulcanizing fluid in a big can- but I've made my own by mixing a little mineral spirits into a jar of Elmers rubber cement from the office supply store. It works, but a little more fussy than the real thing.

[unterhausen]

How long does the can of Rema cement last? A tube is pretty much gone once it has been opened. Not sure how long it actually takes to dry up, but it's not long enough.

[LouDeeter]

I've used cut up old tires for boots for years. They'll get me home. I have to finesse them a bit to stay in place for the bad cuts, if I can even keep the tires after a cut that requires a boot.

[Johnnysmooth]

Mixed success w stick on patches
Remi has never let me down. And as to those tubes of glue, just wrap a little plastic wrap around the cap to eliminate evaporation. How easy is that?
Been doing it for years and an open tube will last if properly wrapped for over a yr

[LouDeeter]

Rema kits are available through Amazon. I buy the bulk patches and tubes of cement. I patch about once every 3 months all the tubes I've accumulated that can be patched. Did it this week.

[MikeD]

Originally Posted by unterhausen

How long does the can of Rema cement last? A tube is pretty much gone once it has been opened. Not sure how long it actually takes to dry up, but it's not long enough.

I bought one and it dried up before I used much of it. You really have to patch a lot of tubes to make it worth it.

[Hindmost]

Originally Posted by zennmotion

... a jar of Elmers rubber cement
...

This stuff works just fine. Just don't plan on applying patches while on the road. I finally found this years ago after various sources for jars of patch cement disappeared. Even these jars gradually dry out with use and need to be thinned with solvent or replaced.

[jemoryl]

Originally Posted by OldCrank

anyone notice the clear plastic on top of the Rema patches become harder to remove over time?
Maybe I got an already-old box.

Oh and BTW: Park kits can be refilled, from the Rema box, and Aliexpress sells those obnoxious little tubes of cement.
Just remember to weigh them (or just toss `em) in the spring.

And them we find road glass and potholes WOOT

I'm not sure it is because your patches are old. In recent years, I've tried peeling the clear plastic layer off and instead the patch starts coming off! My hunch is they have changed the formulation of the cement (to make it less toxic?) or the rubber in the tubes has changed (I almost always use Michelin A1 Airstop tubes). It has become increasingly difficult to get a good patch, when in the past it was child's play.

[charliedid]

Y'all really get that many flat tires? I can go seasons with no flat tires. I always pushed the REMA and always sold them when available but truth is I think the Park or any of the others work just as well. It's all really simple and good prep is key.