Tubes

[geraldh]

Hi guys

After a puncture do you guys patch or replace?

What tubes are most of you running? Normal, 2/3mm or 4/5mm.

Cheers

[einsteingarage]

Bridgestone ultra heavy duty but will be change to the neutech tubliss system soon.

[roostafish]

When I have patched tubes, both the standard weight, and the heavy duty. I have had little success with the peel and stick type patches, and the fancy vulcanizing types. The only patches that have ever been very good for me have been the old, true rubber, truck tube style patches with the gorrilla snot type glue.

[HydroDog]

If I get a flat or change tires I always install a new tube. For me the $25 bucks spent is better than a wasted day of riding.

[randy]

bridgestone ultra heavy duty! accept no other! i pound rocks every sunday
and swear by them!

[REVERUP]

I would recommend replacing not patching.

Tire changes are enough of a hassle! I certainly wouldn't want to keep messing with a tube that might not hold air. Not to mention risk reliability and always have that little tube patch in the back of your mind.

I run MSR ultra heavy duty tubes.... cause thats what my sponsor has on the shelf. They are natural rubber and have worked for me over the years. I luckily have had very few flats in the field in all of my years riding, and only 1 ever in a race.

Roscoe

[roostafish]

The only time I've ever had a flat in a race, I won! It was with a HD tube, but held on for the duration. Point being, HD tubes are the way to go if you have to run a tube. Though a tube is 10 times harder to change.

[jefgil123]

"Bridgestone ultra heavy duty but will be change to the neutech tubliss system soon."

Like he said.....

[gasser]

Originally Posted by jefgil123

"Bridgestone ultra heavy duty but will be change to the neutech tubliss system soon."

Like he said.....

The last ultra heavy duty I used cost $23 and lasted just 2 hours. My 300 jerked the valve stem completely loose from the tube (and no the tire did not slip on the rim). Granted the tire was a very well worn trials tire that had probably been run flat a time or two in the past but I would never run an ultra heavy duty tube in a trials tire again. I switched to the Tublis system last fall and haven't had a problem since.

[redrider7202]

Tubliss with a trials tire down at around 3 psi, now we're talking!