Inner tube recommendation

I need to buy some inner tubes. Recent online reviews seem to pan
Nashbar/Performance, and even Conti.

I ride 700c x 25 tires and am mostly interested in reliability, and
flat protection, not extra light weight. Suggestions?

Art Harris

On Jul 19, 7:36*pm, Art Harris wrote:
I need to buy some inner tubes. Recent online reviews seem to pan
Nashbar/Performance, and even Conti.

I ride 700c x 25 tires and am mostly interested in reliability, and
flat protection, not extra light weight. Suggestions?

Art Harris

Vredestein. My last one was branded for Raleigh but I doubt you will
find any of them, you need to look for "made in holland". It's Vred's
standard weight tubes which initially seem quite thick but outperform
in reliability, longevity, air-tightness and do not seem to penalise
in rolling resistance over lightweight butyls.

Art Harris wrote:
:I need to buy some inner tubes. Recent online reviews seem to pan
:Nashbar/Performance, and even Conti.

:I ride 700c x 25 tires and am mostly interested in reliability, and
:flat protection, not extra light weight. Suggestions?

I've been using michelin airstops lately, with ood results.


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On Jul 19, 11:36 am, Art Harris wrote:
I need to buy some inner tubes. Recent online reviews seem to pan
Nashbar/Performance, and even Conti.

I ride 700c x 25 tires and am mostly interested in reliability, and
flat protection, not extra light weight. Suggestions?


Get the cheapest ones. Spend your money on better tires (sounds like
you want the Shwalbly Maroathon thingies, which I've never used, but
are reported to fit the bill).

On Jul 19, 12:11 pm, Dan O wrote:
On Jul 19, 11:36 am, Art Harris wrote:

I need to buy some inner tubes. Recent online reviews seem to pan
Nashbar/Performance, and even Conti.

I ride 700c x 25 tires and am mostly interested in reliability, and
flat protection, not extra light weight. Suggestions?

Get the cheapest ones. Spend your money on better tires (sounds like
you want the Shwalbly Maroathon thingies, which I've never used, but
are reported to fit the bill).

(Screw the online reviews for something like innertubes - base your
valuation on your own experience - understanding that one defective
example does not condemn any particular line).

Dan O wrote:
:On Jul 19, 12:11 pm, Dan O wrote:
: On Jul 19, 11:36 am, Art Harris wrote:
:
: I need to buy some inner tubes. Recent online reviews seem to pan
: Nashbar/Performance, and even Conti.
:
: I ride 700c x 25 tires and am mostly interested in reliability, and
: flat protection, not extra light weight. Suggestions?
:
: Get the cheapest ones. Spend your money on better tires (sounds like
: you want the Shwalbly Maroathon thingies, which I've never used, but
: are reported to fit the bill).

Screw the online reviews for something like innertubes - base your
:valuation on your own experience - understanding that one defective
:example does not condemn any particular line).

The problem with innertubes is that many of them on the market are
****. The people who import them are either too cheap or too ignorant
to care that what they're buying are not actually suitable for use in
a bicycle, and specify (or fail not to specify) that the stems are
poorly bonded to the tube. I've seen a large number of schraeder
tubes fail from ripped out falve stems, which I'd never seen before a
couple years ago. (And I don't work in a shop, so I dn't see a huge
number of flat itre.s) The price difference between the generic crap
and a decent tube from someone with a reputation to care about is
pretty small.


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On Jul 19, 1:41*pm, David Scheidt wrote:
Dan O wrote:

:On Jul 19, 12:11 pm, Dan O wrote:
: On Jul 19, 11:36 am, Art Harris wrote:
:
: I need to buy some inner tubes. Recent online reviews seem to pan
: Nashbar/Performance, and even Conti.
:
: I ride 700c x 25 tires and am mostly interested in reliability, and
: flat protection, not extra light weight. Suggestions?
:
: Get the cheapest ones. *Spend your money on better tires (sounds like
: you want the Shwalbly Maroathon thingies, which I've never used, but
: are reported to fit the bill).

Screw the online reviews for something like innertubes - base your
:valuation on your own experience - understanding that one defective
:example does not condemn any particular line).

The problem with innertubes is that many of them on the market are
****. *The people who import them are either too cheap or too ignorant
to care that what they're buying are not actually suitable for use in
a bicycle, and specify (or fail not to specify) that the stems are
poorly bonded to the tube. *I've seen a large number of schraeder
tubes fail from ripped out falve stems, which I'd never seen before a
couple years ago. *(And I don't work in a shop, so I dn't see a huge
number of flat itre.s) *The price difference between the generic crap
and a decent tube from someone with a reputation to care about is
pretty small.

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I was under the impression that there were only a handful of sources
for tubes anyhow, despite a range of end-market brand names. At one
time I had a rash of issues with one particular type/brand of tube but
I subsequently changed some wheel components and the problem mostly
disappeared, so I will not malign that brand based on that experience
alone. All tubes flat and I do notice more flats with any tube as a
tire approaches the end of its wear life. So for road tubes, I haven't
found any differences that I can really view as being significant.
YMMV.
If flat protection is the goal, it seems as if the tube is probably
the last place to focus, other than using a sealant like Slime or
Stan's.
DR

On Jul 19, 1:36*pm, Art Harris wrote:
I need to buy some inner tubes. Recent online reviews seem to pan
Nashbar/Performance, and even Conti.

I ride 700c x 25 tires and am mostly interested in reliability, and
flat protection, not extra light weight. Suggestions?

I always do fine with whatever the LBS sells. Kenda, I believe. That
said, I take time to get the right size. The more the tube stretches,
the thinner it gets--to state the obvious. I run "35/7" tubes with
32mm (actual) Paselas and "55mm" tubes with 47m Continentals. Both fit
perfectly. I've not had to repair my own tire roadside in years,
though I'v gotten a slow glass leak or three that was easily limped
home.

If I was ordering online, I'd probably go for Schwalbe. Round tires,
nice tubes, good customer service

On Jul 19, 4:27*pm, DirtRoadie wrote:

If flat protection is the goal, it seems as if the tube is probably
the last place to focus, other than using a sealant like Slime or
Stan's.
DR


That's a good point, except for tubes that are prone to valve
separation. And I have to believe that ultra light tubes will be
slightly more likely to puncture or pinch flat. As for Slime, I'd
rather have a flat!

I think I'll just order a few cheap Nashbar tubes and be done with it.

Thanks all.

Art Harris

On Jul 19, 4:29*pm, landotter wrote:
On Jul 19, 1:36*pm, Art Harris wrote:

I need to buy some inner tubes. Recent online reviews seem to pan
Nashbar/Performance, and even Conti.

I ride 700c x 25 tires and am mostly interested in reliability, and
flat protection, not extra light weight. Suggestions?

I always do fine with whatever the LBS sells. Kenda, I believe. That
said, I take time to get the right size. The more the tube stretches,
the thinner it gets--to state the obvious. I run "35/7" tubes with
32mm (actual) Paselas and "55mm" tubes with 47m Continentals. Both fit
perfectly. I've not had to repair my own tire roadside in years,
though I'v gotten a slow glass leak or three that was easily limped
home.

If I was ordering online, I'd probably go for Schwalbe. Round tires,
nice tubes, good customer service



"Both fit perfectly. I've not had to repair my own tire roadside in
years..."

That was me until last Friday. Hadn't had a flat in about five years.
Then my rear tire went flat, and while I was fixing it, I heard a
hissing sound coming from the front tire! Didn't see any glass or
anything else that caused the flats, but there was a small hole in
each tube. I'm blaming it on the Friday the 13th phenomena.

Art Harris