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Do road bike tubes have a shelf life?

  • 26-03-2011 7:57pm
    #1
    squigo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭


    Hi

    Just wondering do tubes have a shelf life. Thankfully I have not received any puntures yet. (fingers crossed)

    Anyway do tubes need to be replaced after a certain amount of km?

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Cork24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭Cork24


    Not really do a car tube need to be replaced?

    just keep filling it with New Air.


  • #3
    squigo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭squigo


    Cork24 wrote: »
    Not really do a car tube need to be replaced?

    just keep filling it with New Air.


    Good point. Thanks


  • #4
    mo_bhicycle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 260 ✭✭mo_bhicycle


    Cork24 wrote: »
    Not really do a car tube need to be replaced?
    No, cause it doesn't have any


  • #5
    squigo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭squigo


    mo_bhicycle wrote: »
    No, cause it doesn't have any


    ok im really slow off the mark this evening.


  • #6
    Tonyandthewhale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭Tonyandthewhale


    Regardless of whether or not cars have tubes, bicycle tubes don't generally need replacing until they've got too many holes to be worth patching.


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  • #7
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Sensible answer: yes. But they only degrade after 5 -12 years. Unless you've been insanely lucky, you'll have replaced both tubes and tyres a few times before the five year mark.

    Cars usually don't have tubes...


  • #8
    Daegerty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,864 ✭✭✭Daegerty


    No they last forever

    and who needs tubes anyway? just fill it to the brim with some well compacted grass. puncture won't bother you so much then. thats how they got by in the war


  • #9
    gman2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭gman2k


    Daegerty wrote: »
    ...thats how they got by in the war

    We call that 'The Emergency' in these parts....


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