So I'm stocking up on inner tubes. Little trip to Evans cos its near work. They have every size under the sun except, of course, the one I want. 26 x 1.5-2.2 Presta. They have it in Schraeder. They have bigger and smaller ones in Presta. Call to LBS sorted it (thankfully) but it did lead me to think- why? Is this a wierd size for Presta tubes? If so, why did my 2008 Spesh Stumpy come with these? It's not like I'm going to bore bigger holes into the rims just so I can run Schraeder... Not a complaint about Evans, as I shop there a lot and the staff at my (work) local store (London Bridge) are very helpful nice folks. Just thought it was odd.
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Inner tubes. WHY?!
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Occasionally selling out of the most popular size doesn't seem that odd to me.
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I got the impression from the dude in the shop that they didn't stock them (ever)! That's what I thought was odd...!
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They probably stock it in two different sizes, 1.5-1.9 & 1.9-2.25, I know I used to. Easier to fit tubes in narrow tyres that way instead of trying to cram fat tubes in thin tyres.
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I nearly always drill my rims to fit schrader tubes I prefer them. Infact I did one on Sunday didn't have a drill bit the right size so I dremeled it.
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as i only use them to wrap the chainstay i dont worry about valve type or size even.
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I was assuming this thread was going to be questioning why anybody would use inner tubes when tubeless works so much better.
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Mail order them!
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I was assuming this thread was going to be questioning why anybody would use inner tubes when tubeless works so much better.
I like your sense of humour
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What size drill bit should be used to make schrader fit?
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8.5 or 9mm I think
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