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06-09-05 | 10:12 AM

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cyccommute

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Toddorado

I buy tubes in ten packs at Performance, making them about $2.00 a tube. I do not regularly get flats, and I do not trust a patched tire.

I'm puzzled as to why you wouldn't trust a patched tube. I have tubes that are older then some of my underwear

and they are still going strong. In fact, they're in better shape than some of my underwear

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