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einsteingarage
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Bridgestone ultra heavy duty but will be change to the neutech tubliss system soon.
roostafish
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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.
REVERUP
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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
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
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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.
gasser
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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."Bridgestone ultra heavy duty but will be change to the neutech tubliss system soon."
Like he said.....
redrider7202
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Tubliss with a trials tire down at around 3 psi, now we're talking!
skid jackson
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I'm big on b stone UHD tubes ....
I ran one on the back of my drz for something like three years. they are 1/4 in thick. I've never had a rear go flat and only had one puncture flat on a front tire, that would have flattened anything except a mousse. The front tire was still ridable while flat. Which I attribute to how much rubber is in the UHD tube.
I'm tempted by the tubliss, but a punture or slash cut and its flat and your riding on the rim with no "extra padding" in there to fill things up. Might try one on the front
I ran one on the back of my drz for something like three years. they are 1/4 in thick. I've never had a rear go flat and only had one puncture flat on a front tire, that would have flattened anything except a mousse. The front tire was still ridable while flat. Which I attribute to how much rubber is in the UHD tube.
I'm tempted by the tubliss, but a punture or slash cut and its flat and your riding on the rim with no "extra padding" in there to fill things up. Might try one on the front
eff
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My stock Michelin HD tube lasted until this week. It wasw still holding air but had a tear at the valve stem so I retired it.
Run Bridgestone UHD up front now and right now a Pirelli HD in the rear because the Bridgestone UHD was too bi for the studded rear I borrowed.
Run Bridgestone UHD up front now and right now a Pirelli HD in the rear because the Bridgestone UHD was too bi for the studded rear I borrowed.
geraldh
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Thanks guys, looks like it's worth Forking out the R300 for the uhd, just seemed quite steep when a standard tube is R70.
I have also heard of guys using an old tube as extra protection buy cuting it around the inside, removing the valve and inserting the new tube inside befor putting the whole lot into the tire.
Cheers
G
I have also heard of guys using an old tube as extra protection buy cuting it around the inside, removing the valve and inserting the new tube inside befor putting the whole lot into the tire.
Cheers
G
redrider7202
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You could have some real fun and run two tubes. drill an extra hole in the rim, insert the extra tube in and place the other one ontop of that. inflate that one. should u get a flat, just inflate the extra tube.
Todd5774
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redrider7202
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yea, i don't personally know anyone who has done it. I've heard of it and it just always sounded cool, just not something i really had any need to do.
geraldh
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HI Guys
I was only able to get a regular tube befor the weekend ride (supplyer out of HD stock) so I tryed the double tube trick.
It was pretty simple to get it all into the tyre, just to be on the safe side I added a bottle of "FUG IT" Sludge to the tube, I did a bit of Rocky river section yesterday afternoon, other than the front feeling a bit heavy it seems OK.
I was only able to get a regular tube befor the weekend ride (supplyer out of HD stock) so I tryed the double tube trick.
It was pretty simple to get it all into the tyre, just to be on the safe side I added a bottle of "FUG IT" Sludge to the tube, I did a bit of Rocky river section yesterday afternoon, other than the front feeling a bit heavy it seems OK.
redrider7202
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let me know how the double tube trick goes.
