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Old 07-28-13 | 05:37 AM
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
Butyl. Thanks for those tips. And it's only my road tubes that fail so quickly. The larger diameter ones(lower pressure) last a long time.
Inner tubes do NOT hold pressure, tires do. I have feeling your using too small a diameter tubes in your tires. What size tires and what size tubes? I always run a large an inner tube as possible as I think they flat less and leak down less overnight. Think of a party balloon blown up big so its taught, any little prick will pop it, if its not stretched so tight its less susceptible to popping.
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