Subject: Patch or Replace? I had a hole in my tube on a training ride last weekend and I have a race tomorrow. We have patched the tire and I rode again on it later that day. I have a race tomorrow and my husband says that the patch is fine but I'm nervous about it. I had a rather disastrous race last time and would like to avoid another one. I do have a couple spare tubes. Because I'm 2 hours out of the city living at the lake, my husband picked up a new tube for me but I'm worried because it seems rather large. Should I replace the tube before tomorrow's sprint or should I ride on the patch? My instinct is to change the tube (although I'm worried because I don't have time to really put any test rides in to the new tube ) but he insists the patch makes it "good as new" and it will be fine. |