Rema Tip Top No. F0-P Tube Patch, 16 mm Round Vulcanizing Bike Patches for Tire Inner Tube Repair, Red Edge Patches, 100 Count

I ride my bike between 20 and 30 miles every week day to commute to work and train on the weekends for triathlons. I get get a lot flats, both pinch flats from hitting potholes and punctures from glass or nails or screws (!) on the road. I've tried bulk patches from various vendors but these are the only ones that are properly vulcanized and will stick to the rubber cement when I patch them. Moreover, the 16mm size is perfect for my road bike sized tires. A lot of the bulk patch sets available on Amazon are HUGE, more appropriate for cruiser, cyclocross, or mountain bike tires. These are the perfect size for a thin tire like a 23 (my racing bike) or a 25 (my commuting bike). The price might seem a little steep but do the math. There are a hundred patches. At $20 that ends up being twenty cents a patch. It's a good deal. Nay, it's a great deal, especially since it's a great product.

Rema Tip-Top patches are classic and the best permanent patches ever made. The only time they don't work is hen they are not applied correctly. But they are permanent and they come in different sizes so they can cover different tube sizes and punctures. I ride a lot and have numerous flats over time and I always carry several of these patches and Rema Tip-Top vulcanizing fluid with my tool set.

Don't buy those little patch kits from the LBS. Too expensive with too few patches and often not the best quality. These Rema patches are the real deal. Many patchs are just too big for road bike tubes. These 16mm being just about the size of a dime give great coverage of the typical puncture w/0 overlapping the width of the road biketube. (they do make a larger size if you MTB). Let's face it, all we want to patch is a typical pinhole and these are great, anything bigger it's time to toss the tube for highpressure road bikes. They also stick much better than cheap imitations. The patches are covered by clear plastic to keep them from drying out, so should last us a lifetime.

F0 is the best size for skinny road tubes. More than large enough for a small puncture and easier to put on than the next larger size because they don't wrap so far around the tube. I used with tubes for 23c tires. Too small for snakebite punctures, I would suggest a larger patch if you have to cover two close holes. Rema is the best brand of patch I have used. Self adhesive patches are great for an emergency, but don't hold nearly as well as these Rema glue-on patches. Just collect the bad ones in a box and patch them all at the same time.

These patches come in handy when you're dealing with an inner tube that is intended for skinny tires. They don't stretch with the inner tube when it is inflated as well as the 25 mm patches, hence the four-star instead of five-star rating.

Rema has been the standard of the industry for decades. These are simply reliable. It’s a lot of patches. I patch all my tubes as needed. I recommend storing the patches in a ziplock bag with the air squeezed out to keep the adhesive fresh.

Just looks like is made in china and with the stamp of made in Germany. I am 80 years old I had my firs bike when I was 10 and this brand was already in the market it was call tip top in the edges look like soda pop lids an they grab if you follow the cleaning instructions. Make something to work the firstime and customer buy it other wise buy chip Chinese junk.

I use around 2-3 of these a month to patch thorn holes across our 5 bikes and have not had a failure when done properly. Many of our tubes have multiple patches on them and I see no need to toss them as long as they can be repaired.

The patches work very well especially for 700x23 tubes. Disappointed in the Seller, someone had removed two patches from the box and the shipping costs are out of line for the small package. Will source elsewhere.