I was wondering what everyone pays for tubes, and if you get them online who do you go through? I pay $3-4 at the LBS and just picked up 10 on Nashbar for $1.71 a pop.

i havn't bought a new tube in a while.
buying bulk is where it's at though.

It's about $3 here.

Hope they aren't the Nashbar brand tubes.

I pay about $3.50. Next time around I think I'll just buy a case of them.

$5-6 but it's basically what keeps the lights on at the LBS. What really sucks is larger diameter MTB tires that can be ~13 a pop.

Why is that? I've never used them before.

Most tubes are made by kenda. This includes the expensive ones from Salsa. When I was working at a shop we sold a standard schrader for $4.75. Prestas were $5.75. Long stems and lightweights were $7.
I really like continentals a lot but I wouldn't pay retail for them.

How much were they apiece after shipping and taxes?

I pay about $3.50 for tubes at the LBS, although I've seen some for as much as $12.

7.50 shipping and I live in Oregon so no sales tax. my roommate got 10 as well so the shipping was split between 20 tubes. it was like $2 a tube after shipping so I saved a buck a tube!

$2/tube in a 5 pack at pricepoint when they're on sale. Free patches courtesy of my local transit authority so I'm good to go for a while.

but they screw you on shipping so *** em.

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+1

The only thing you can really say about them that is negative is that they are heavy.

6 ****ing euros...

thats 8.75..

sucks.

lets see how long we can talk about tubes...

patches run me about $0.05 a piece

So you run patches in place of tubes?

I buy new tubes after about 5 patches... I always end up with a slow leak that is impossible to find.

edit.. I spend about 5 bucks per tube.

I walk my ass down to the LBS when I lose a tube. Usually end up spending like, 2-6 dollars a tube, though my tube replacements seem to be few and far between, just patch and go. My patches cost as much as a tube of rubber cement, just cut up old tubes to patch my stuff.

use a tub of water. works like a charm.

I try, but it seems like the 10psi every day or two leaks that slow down as the psi drops are impossible to find, especially with a handful of patches and little patience.

A half hour of searching for a microscopic leak that could be spent riding is worth the price of a new tube, plus I can always use the old slow-leaker as an emergency spare.

I know the situation. If I cant find it normal in the tub of water, I just stretch about 6 inches of tube at a time around the thing until I find it, but the time spent looking for the leak isnt probably worth the 5 dollars from the lbs.

AMEN! if it's an easy patch I'm there but time is money and I don't have much.

tube tubs to track tiny trickles

The shop I worked at charged $7/tube. I bought them from the shop for about $2. Stocked up while I was there so I haven't bought any in a while.