I have six inner tubes awaiting puncture repair and I had a go at mending them all this evening.
Three inner tubes were pumped up, and are still at the end of the evening nicely pumped up, but I could find no bubbles indicating a leak.
One inner tube deflated quite a bit in the journey of a few feet from the pump to the bowl of water, but I couldn't find a leak in that either!
I did find a leak in the last two but, presumably because of the age of the puncture repair kit, the patches didn't stick on properly.
There's a bike shop on the way to yoga so I will try to remember to pop in and get a new puncture repair kit there. All I need is the patches, as I have glue and emery paper from 3 old puncture repair kits, but I am pretty sure, in this modern age, I have to buy a complete kit.
The foot pump I am using is a newish one that can blow up an inner tube beautifully - except when it is inside a tyre. How does that (not) work?
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