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Well you were the one that said they eventually failed. Are we talking hours, days, weeks, months, years later?
I've found the Park ones to be a bit sketch in hot weather too (and damp forests, waves at McKenzie Pass though that ended up being a rim tape issue)
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Yeah, they fail in hot weather, possibly due to the glue instead of vulcanizing solution used in traditional patches.
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Within the week. Hot day mtb hours at best. Your mileage may vary.
The PT ones are as you say a bit twitchy in the heat at road pressure, but seem fine at the new standards. The slims are the opposite.
coventry_eagle
Chaley
Now long is a bit of string? At low pressures in the summer a few hours of riding, higher pressures winter? Just long enough to have forgotten you’d used one! Having said that I’m still using a tube with one on after a few years of commuting. It’s moved, but is still holding on.
Just have a look on a review site and the first one says
you’d be better off dipping a tissue in honey