Do puncture repair kits actually work?

[quixoticgeek]

Is there a what biscuit is best for touring thread?

Custard creams or bourbon creams. Any other interesting biscuits have too low a melting point, or if they do have the ability to deal with the heat, are too boring to eat.

Custard creams have the same energy density as mars bars...

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[Jakob W]

Custard creams have the same energy density as mars bars...

I presume that's per kg rather than per cm^3? Fig rolls seem to be a popular option, and have the advantage of handling squishing well, but IMO they're made from the devil's toe-jam. I like jam creams, which are I suppose a superior sort of custard cream, but in general for touring I prefer fuel that's more likely to survive being jammed in a saddlebag pocket.

[hellymedic]

Shortbread fingers have a high energy density and pack compactly.
Garibaldi are low-fat so fewer Calories/gram but crumble less than some, due to the adhesive properties of currants.

[De Sisti]

Sorted the puncture out, one has held nicely but I tried to make one patch fit two holes.

You can cut a patch in half, so that you have two patches. I've tried it many times before,
without any mishaps.

[EllysH]

Bonus of custard creams and Bourbons is that the cheapo ones are lactose free!

Oreos too.

Shortbread fingers have a high energy density and pack compactly.
Garibaldi are low-fat so fewer Calories/gram but crumble less than some, due to the adhesive properties of currants.

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[Kim]

Batch repairs at home make sense but have a small unopened tube for roadside use.

At a puncture or two a year it would take me years to accumulate a decent batch.  At that rate I'm likely to have sacrificed the tubes for bracket shim material before I get round to patching them.  Which does, I suppose, makes sense.


Agreed about the custard creams, BTW.  This is why they're known as "Kim biscuits" in the clarifly household.

[hellymedic]

Kim biscuits are rather more fragile than shortbread fingers.

A degree of pannier robustness is useful if you chuck Heavy Tools on top of your food.

[Kim]

Kim biscuits are rather more fragile than shortbread fingers.

This is true.  But at least the crumbs aren't sticky.


(Ironically shortbread fingers are my usual biscuit.)