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03-19-08 | 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Linus_S

I had one of the worst tube changes ever today:
I was riding up a steep and very long hill. Ran over a screw. Lost air. Walked to a safe place and changed my tube. What a pain! After making the change, I pumped up the tube only to find that the valve is bad! What a waste of time.

I have changed lots of tubes, but this one was a real surprise. So much for the platinum series Bell tubes. I am thinking of going airless since the bike is now sitting in my garage after the long walk home.

Any advice on the airless types?

LPS

HellMart tubes? What do you expect from slave labor...quality!?

If you use schrader valves, carry a valve core remover with you. You can tighten down the valve core easily.

Worst tube change ever? Hardly. Try bombing down a forest road at 35+mph on a mountain bike when a 16 penny nail goes in one side of your tire and out the other just at the bottom of the hill before a steep climb. All momentum stopped, you have to change the tube, boot the tire, and then try to ride up that big hill you were gaining all that momentum for

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