Joined: Dec 2004
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From: Middle of da Mitten
Bikes: Trek 7500, RANS V-Rex, Optima Baron, Velokraft NoCom, M-5 Carbon Highracer, Bacchetta Quattro, Catrike Speed
It's mid-winter, and it's been a few years, so I guess it's time for this subject again. I've never ripped a tube at the base of the stem, so the tube is dead when I say it is dead. That's usually the 4th hole (three patches and it's gotten one more hole.) A few of my tubes are well over 10 years old.