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[Closed] Inner tubes for the 'cross Q

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Am I asking for trouble using superlight innertubes (Bontrager SL 700/23) for the cross? Punctured today in the London League and wondered if it was because the tubes are just a bit too thin and getting too stretched to fit the tyres. When I took the tube out it was ripped around the valve hole, but that could have been due to riding a lap on a flat.


 
Posted : 20/11/2011 10:04 pm
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cross tyres are normally 32 or 35c so a 23c tube is pushing it a bit, it will work but won't be that reliable, use tubes that go to 35c or what ever, continental do cross specific tubes, so I guess others do as well.


 
Posted : 20/11/2011 10:07 pm
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Those conti one's weigh a ton though, any alternatives?


 
Posted : 20/11/2011 10:12 pm
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130g for an inner tube isn't that bad!


 
Posted : 20/11/2011 10:21 pm