Road Cycling - Best Buys on Tubes??
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oldillini
09-07-03, 03:56 AM
I ride 110-140 miles per week with longest rides being 45-60. I have 700x25's on my rode bike.
What brand of replacement tubes do you think is best?
Where do you buy yours? LBS? On-line? Who has best deals?
velocipedio
09-07-03, 06:10 AM
i use whatever C$5.00 tubes my lbs has in stock. that means it's usually specialized, wrench force or bontrager. good thing, too, since they look like they're all made in the same molds.
by the way, i ride 300-450 km per week.
All butyl tubes are the same.
Stay away from the new lighter tubes as they are just thinner and flat much easier.
Looking to save buy them in quantities. We currently sel normal tubes here for $2.50 a pair the normal tubes shops sell between $4-5.
I agree with the others whatever is on sale :) Most of my rims require long presta valves, so that limits my choices a bit but not to bad. I will normaly by them at my LBS, every once in a while, when I order thigns on-line if they have good deal on some tubes i order them at the same time.
roadfix
09-08-03, 12:06 PM
I stock up on tubes whenever and wherever they're on sale for a buck ninety nine. Tubes are tubes....never had any problems.
George!
~LongRider~
09-08-03, 12:27 PM
Here is the best site Ive found for them. I still have about 8 from my last order. If you spend over $25.00, the shipping is free. I usually order 10 tubes and a patch kit. :)
http://www.bicycletubes.com/
Well "bicycle tubes" has me beat. I do a "buy three get one free", "buy six get two free", etc. My tubes are $3 each.
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