I had the nice experience yesterday at Yellowmundew to find out that glue to affix the patch on the tube… do sometime not set anymore!

Fixed my wheel once after a small puncture, then after 200m had to redo it again – and had confirmation after another 200m that the glue doesn't set. Thankfully I had another new tube with me and could enjoy the 3/4 of the trail.

Have to remember tonight to remove it from my backpack.

Btw, when you have a puncture on the inside, and there is nothing sharp on the rim… would that be because I had too much pressure?

Not sure if this is the right spot, but thought I'd post up my recent purchase. I've been building this for some time, finally got it out the other night for a proper ride. I freakin love it! I got it as an XC race bike, as I mainly do enduro type events and wanted a dually and a 29 that is race orientated but still fun to ride, particularly on the downs. This was the only logical option and boy am I glad I got it.

I'm after some advice on what mods i can do to my current ride to make it more suited for longer rides, doing more road rides with open flat fire trails..
Current bike is a Merida Matts lite XT
http://www.merida.com.au/2013-bikes/mtb-hardtail...
I have already bought some fast touring tyres & looking at a carbon flat bar option.

Does anyone have any other advice or help on what mods will help with long seat time?
Thanks

I'm wanting to upgrade my wheels very shortly, definitely before the Husky next month anyway.

I've started looking at getting a custom wheels set made up but get lost with the vast amount of choice and variations of rim, hub and spoke. Is it worth the fuss or do I just get a set of XT wheels off the shelf?
My LBS will do the XT wheels for the same price as CRC but if I want custom built, they obviously have a build charge, where as CRC will build for nothing as long as all the parts are bought from them, but I don't know what parts to choose!!