Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - anyone having problems with the cheap tubes from the trexlertown flea market

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poisonidea
05-26-07, 01:11 PM
sorry this isn't exclusively fixed/single speed but i know a lot of philadelphia are people post on this section of the board
i've gone through 5 in the past couple days, 2 popped when i was trying to pump them up, didn't even get passed 100 psi, and a couple more tore right near the valve after a couple miles riding
i have gatorskin tires in good shape

nocoins
05-26-07, 01:21 PM
sorry this isn't exclusively fixed/single speed but i know a lot of philadelphia are people post on this section of the board
i've gone through 5 in the past couple days, 2 popped when i was trying to pump them up, didn't even get passed 100 psi, and a couple more tore right near the valve after a couple miles riding
i have gatorskin tires in good shape

no problems here, hundreds of miles put on them already with gatorskins. Check your rims and tires, may be another problem.
cody.wms
05-26-07, 09:52 PM
mine have been good. they dont seem to hold a full 120psi as long as the other tubes ive run.

E !
05-26-07, 10:29 PM
No probs here. Hell, i've never even tried them. The funnel cake from the lexatose flea market didn't last long at all though.