http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Rubber/tyre adhesive in Edinburgh? en Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:30:57 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21121#post-363460 Tue, 13 Sep 2022 08:39:03 +0000 Dave 363460@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Isn't puncture repair glue the perfect thing for this? Or are tyres too dissimilar to inner tubes? I've heard of people patching tubeless mtb tyres that get holes too big to seal. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21121#post-363455 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 16:46:02 +0000 MediumDave 363455@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Also regular polyurethane adhesive sticks most things. Usually sold in corner shops as XXXTREME!!1! REPAIR MAX GLUE or something similarly hyperbolic. Never tried it on tyres but it works on boot soles and things </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21121#post-363454 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 16:41:30 +0000 MediumDave 363454@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Stormsure can also be had from fishing shops as it is used in wader repair. </p> <p>Consequently Edinburgh Angling Centre or Gamefish might have it (though I got my last tube from Baynes in Callander). </p> <p>I don't fish (anymore) but I do need to repair waders from time to time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21121#post-363446 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 12:19:55 +0000 Yodhrin 363446@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That Stormsure stuff looks spot on ejstubbs thanks, unfortunately Amazon won't let you order a lot of item categories to Lockers, adhesives are apparently one of them, every attempt to select a Hub location just returns "problem with an item, cannot fulfil your request at this time" errors.</p> <p>I suppose I'll just order a couple of books or something to push it past the free shipping threshold. Sadly I made the mistake of accepting a few of their "try Prime for free" offers and it turns out the price of that is a neverending "are you SURE you don't want to pay for Prime...?" screens at every checkout. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21121#post-363443 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 11:38:18 +0000 ejstubbs 363443@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apparently it's also possible to make your own sugru equivalent - instructions easily found online (try Googling oogoo). Whether you can choose the colour of DIY sugru I don't know.</p> <p>Personally, I've decided that sugru as a product falls in to the "more trouble than it's worth" category, largely due to its unhelpfully short shelf life, even unopened. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21121#post-363442 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 11:33:23 +0000 ejstubbs 363442@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I use this stuff for that kind of repair: <a href="https://www.needlesports.com/Catalogue/Accessories/Buckles-Webbing-Repair/Stormsure-Repair" rel="nofollow">https://www.needlesports.com/Catalogue/Accessories/Buckles-Webbing-Repair/Stormsure-Repair</a> It lasts more or less forever in the tube with the seal unbroken. Once you've opened a tube, it will keep for a good while (longer than Sugru) in the freezer.</p> <p>Go Outdoors stock it, but if you don't already have one of their membership cards that'll cost you another £5.</p> <p>The retailer I linked above is pretty swift at shipping stuff, otherwise shop around on eBay or elsewhere online.</p> <p>(IME it's really not difficult to avoid being sucked in to Amazon Prime if you're just a bit careful when you check out. TBH they seem to have given up trying to lure me in to it. Other reasons for avoiding Amazon are available. You can get free delivery in a couple of days of 'fulfilled by Amazon' stuff under £20 by asking for it to be delivered to a local Amazon locker ) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21121#post-363440 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 11:14:18 +0000 Arellcat 363440@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Would Hobbycraft have it? I did buy some from B&amp;Q years ago, though they only had white, and then I kept it in the fridge for a year before getting round to using it, by which time it wasn't so useable.</p> <p>You could try a grab adhesive if you're planning DIY. I use Everbuild Stixall and it's very good, a bit more flexible than Gripfill for instance. But...you don't need a whole tube for a tyre repair. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21121#post-363438 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 11:05:24 +0000 neddie 363438@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It doesn't normally take a week with standard (non Prime) delivery, that's just a con to get you to sign up. I recently ordered something on "Standard", they said it would take 6 days, in fact it arrived two days later (probably in the same van as if I had paid the £4.99 delivery) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21121#post-363436 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 10:47:02 +0000 Yodhrin 363436@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Didn't notice a seashell yesterday on a ride, and while the Marathon tyre didn't puncture there's a little cm2-ish flap of rubber at the edge of the tread I'd like to glue down so it doesn't rip off or capture a piece of glass or something - ideally I'd like to get some black Sugru but I've no idea if anywhere in Edinburgh sells it, anyone know of a place? Or failing that, where can I grab a cheap little tube of another flexible rubber adhesive?</p> <p>I could order off Amazon but since I refuse to contract the Prime virus it'd take a week or more to show up. </p>