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My lbs is great, but the one thing they stock that I hate is cheap tubes! Raleigh to be precise - they're crap! Lots of seams, hard to repair - guess that's why they sell 'em!
Anyhoo! Any ideas for cheap reliable tubes? Tried Tescos yesterday and although they where cheap they were all schreader!
Don't be such a pikey, schwalbe inner tubes are only like 4quid.
Cheap, reliable, pick one?
Tubes are tubes. Sometimes you can go for a year without a flat and then go through 3 tubes in a month (I did). I don't think I could blame any on the tube, except for a specialized one, which pinch-flatted very easily.
I don't like any that don't have decent length stems, else it's a struggle to get pumps on in the cold. I've seen Schwalbe, Continental and Specialized that fit the bill. I have a couple of superlight Kendas but don't think they'd fit the bill as reliable. I've never had the balls to fit them though as I'm currently going though a phase of pinch-flatting.
A mate got a pack of 10 Conti tubes for £20 from an online retailer and sold the excess. Can work out cheap that way if you have enough friends!
HTH, YMMV, IANAL, GL&HF.
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My main bike is tubless - this is for the ss. Schwalbe tubes - I'll take a look! Had a pack of conti tubes, but they weren't such good vfm!
Cheers
They cost 8p to produce. Decathlon they are around £2 IIRC, if not, Halfords have 3 for 2 on...£9.98.
WHEELBASE.CO.UK most places seem to do specialized ones, three for a tenner.