Which Tubs?

Have you tried Pit Stop first, Rob?

If that fails then send it to the fella above.

I always see tub repair kits at HH jumbles, and DIY 'sounds' easy but dunno if I'd trust my sewing skills against 120PSI of latex inner tube.

Do it yourself you lazy bastard?

Have you tried Pit Stop first, Rob?

If that fails then send it to the fella above.

No latex liquid in tubs on the track! If that's what pit stop is?

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Do it yourself you lazy bastard?

No track.
No chat.

Have you tried Pit Stop first, Rob?

If that fails then send it to the fella above.

thought about it, but for the sake of £15, would rather just get it repaired.
A cannister of pit-stop is going to be the best part of £10 anyway isn't it?

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It's not a rule, you intellectual dwarf. But as someone who has already tried that shit it's not something I would recommend.

The latex isn't very nice when you puncture again and it pisses all up your bike and your legs like a badly trained spaniel.

Oh, and I have a pair of servizio corse or whatever they are called, one's punctured but the other is goo-oood hmmmm mmmm. Will sell for a few notes.

Never been pissed on by a spaniel.
What have I been doing wrong to make it so far in life without being graced with such a gesture of canine respect?

I'll take the good one of your hands, sir.
I won't let you piss on me though.

No track.
No chat.

Catchy slogan.
I'll fix it for £14.50

Some people do away with the basetape completely, but I would advise against it if it's not too bad I would just glue it as you would any tub, and I would definitely advise against gluing the basetape to the tub.

What's the issue with gluing base tape back onto tub?
I do it with liquid latex (Fake skin from the joke shop)
Seems to work fine for long stretches of de-laminated basetape as well as short stretches of re-stitched repair.

I'll take the good one of your hands, sir.
I won't let you piss on me though.

Coolio, chat next time. I'm away in bruminham Saturday but around on sun morning if you want it quickly (the tub not the piss)

http://www.tubular-repairs.com/

He's a postie in Leeds.

I have used them and they were very good

I am smashing hills in Kent on Sunday morning.... But could swing by on my way out/back in.... what times you going to be there?
I need to be at Cadence for a 9:00 depart..... will prolly be coming back through between 12:00 and 1:00...

Perfecto. You can have the pair anyway, might be worth repairing the other one.

Tubs are easy enough to repair. I used to repair them for pocket money in the 80's. Ha ha.

It's pretty basic sewing skills.

Adroit mentioned that Conti Competitions could not be repaired- anyone know why this is?

So has anyone tried vittoria cronos or Schwalbe Milano for any length of time on the new HH or BCC surface?

Adroit mentioned that Conti Competitions could not be repaired- anyone know why this is?

Some conti's are seamless - you can't unstitch the casing to access the innertube - the only repair option is latex sealant.

Perhaps the comp is a seamless tyre - the proported benefit is that they sit more evenly on the rim.

Thanks

Have you punctured one?

No- not yet anyway.

I was having a look at them, and the rear has cut up a bit- in a way that would have spelled 4 flats if they'd been my "special Paris-Roubaix" tyres, somewhat ironically.

Just about to head out for a ride with a spare pre-glued tub and a tin of Pit-stop in my jersey, on the Conti's.

So of course I got one today, coming back in down the KIngs Road- looked like I'd run over a tack, perfectly circular hole punched through the meat of the tread, tyre went down in a hurry.

I shot a tin of PitStop into it, window shopped for 15 minutes and then pumped it up and rode home (via LMNH for a coffee).

Pleasantly surprised that PitStop does what it promises- I was having visions of having to strip a tub off in front of the Hoorah Henrys and ChavScum out celebrating Chelsea's victory in the fitba.