Thread: tire liners?
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Old 08-13-05 | 08:56 PM
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froze
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Bikes: 84 Trek 660 Suntour Superbe; 87 Giant Rincon Shimano XT; 07 Mercian Vincitore Campy Veloce

I'm not sure how any liner would make any valve Schrader or Presta explode. When I use to use liners (in both my road and mtb bikes) they never did nor did I ever hear of that happening; but liners that are thick like Mr Tuffy and the Slime liners can rub a hole in a tube, especially light tubes, from the liner edge chaffing against the tube while you ride. This happened to me, then I figured out what was happening so I sanded the edge down to a fine taper; this won't happen with the SpinSkins though because they are already thin with no real edge.

I still use liners in my youngest childs bike and in the rear of my MTB and never had a situation like you described and these are all Schrader valves.
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