Originally Posted by
Tandem Tom
I have heard something about dusting the tire tubes with powder while there are stored while traveling and when you change a tire.
Is there any merit to this?
Thanks
It doesn't hurt. It may not help anything but it doesn't hurt either. I have seen lots of tubes welded to tires on bikes that haven't been powdered. Sometimes the tubes are so well adhered to the tire, that the tube even rips when trying to remove it. That usually only happens after 20+ years of the tube being in the tire, however.
By the way, true talcum powder works better than cornstarch. Cornstarch tends to pack and compress while talc doesn't.