Originally Posted by
RNICE
Ok, let me ask then, is there any difference in tube quality whatsoever? It seems to me the kind of thing that's all coming from the same Chinese factory with different name boxes.
Yup, there sure is.
Cheap tubes have variations in the rubber thickness (so they inflate unevenly, have weak spots). cheap tubes have large moulding ridges (which again creates weak spots). cheap tubes also seem to have crappy valves that break or leak.
I don't tend to buy Raleigh any more for this reason. Schwalbe, Specialized or Vittoria are ok. Geax are ok, and I think are actually made by Vittoria. These are the best low-cost tubes.