Looking for Tubular Tire Repair Business Leads

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I have a number of good condition tubular road and CX tires that I have flatted. I would like to seem them gain a new lease on life with a tube replacement.

Looks a lot tougher to find a person or business that would repair these tires anymore.

Any leads would be great. And yes I realize I could just get out the needle and thread myself but I know this would probably never happen.

Ideally a Canadian location as that is where I live. Open to other locations though.

Thanks in advance for any help.

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Put sealant in them.

The last time I ran FMBs I punctured on the first ride. I put sealant in to get home and they proceeded to last another 8 or 9 months after that.

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Thanks @RichGearing I too tried out the sealant trick, to no avail.

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Unfortunately it seems like one of those things where repairing takes too much time compared to the cost of a new replacement for it to make economical sense. Unless you live somewhere where labour is very cheap, or you just do it yourself because you want to.

For CX tubulars I’ve had a lot of success using sealant on most punctures. Effetto Mariposa Caffelatex works with latex tubes, so I just add as little as I think I can get away with, and if it doesn’t work, I add more until it does.

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When I was a starving college student, I flatted a brand new tubular. I took the tire apart near the puncture, patched the tube, stitched the tire up with dental floss as recommended, glued the tire strip back on with latex glue, and then remounted/glued onto the rim. It worked for a long time. Then I never bought tubular rims again.

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I would collect a pile of flatted tubs and spend part of a day doing just that. It sucked massively. Beer helped though.

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There is a guy in Florida who still does it. We (the shop I work for) send out a big box of flatted tubs to him every once in a while. I don’t have his info on-hand, but I can get it for you, I just have to ask the shop owner. If you’re interested send me an email at wheelfineimports@gmail.com

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Tire Alert in Florida is where we have sent them, but the last time I looked at their website it was down. Not sure if they are still in business. No other shop in our area will even mount tubulars any more. I will still do it, but it’s been over a year since the last few.

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Tire Alert! That’s the guy. Thanks for that. Yes I could not track that service down anymore. May have a lead though thanks to @David_Cifelli

Thanks for all the replies posted here, EC is a great community and I am happy to be part of it!

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I’m with you here. My wife and I have been on road tubulars for years. At the first sign of trouble I put in OrangeSeal latex and it works very well. I replace tires only when rear tread is worn off. I have opened up old tires and inspected the inside of the latex tubes looking for small punctures that sealed on their own. In my misbegotten youth I too patched my own tubulars, it can be done but with sealant, hopefully that is unnecessary.

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