Inner tubes in bulk

Signal_ rabbit

Anyone know where I can get decent road inner tubes in bulk i.e, 5 or 10? They all seem to have gone up in price.

on_the_nickel

Signal_ rabbit wrote: »

Anyone know where I can get decent road inner tubes in bulk i.e, 5 or 10? They all seem to have gone up in price.

The Edge on Kinsale Rd roundabout have something like 4 or 5 for €21 if you're around the city.

pgd-pgd

Chain reaction selling 10 pack of tubes for €23.
Hard to beat that , plus free delivery.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=41989

32yg

pgd-pgd wrote: »

Chain reaction selling 10 pack of tubes for €23.
Hard to beat that , plus free delivery.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=41989

Was about to post the exact same link!
And OP they're are a very good deal.

Zorba

pgd-pgd wrote: »

Chain reaction selling 10 pack of tubes for €23.
Hard to beat that , plus free delivery.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=41989

Word of warning about them tubes, i used them for maybe 1000kms and got a puncture, notice while changing the tube that the valve is starting to come away from the tube so ended up throwing the tube out, might be just me but they don't seem to last as long as the more expensive brands.

In future i'm gonna pay the extra for a better longer lasting brand.

Joxer_S

Zorba wrote: »

Word of warning about them tubes, i used them for maybe 1kms and got a puncture, notice while changing the tube that the valve is starting to come away from the tube so ended up throwing the tube out,

Same happened me with these, they have split on me a few times while inflating them, won't be buying them again.

bcmf

Never had much of a prob with them. In fact anything I order something from CRC I always throw some in. I even like their dayglo green valve cap.

Edwardius

CRC have the michelin tubes for the same price at the moment.

Quigs Snr

Ribble do bulk deals on Continental tubes. Delivery is not free however.

manafana

i take it 18-23 is near same as 18/25?

Icyseanfitz

i use those crc tubes and they do me grand, for the price there hard to beat

xz

Zorba wrote: »

Word of warning about them tubes, i used them for maybe 1000kms and got a puncture, notice while changing the tube that the valve is starting to come away from the tube so ended up throwing the tube out, might be just me but they don't seem to last as long as the more expensive brands.

In future i'm gonna pay the extra for a better longer lasting brand.

The warning is already on the box if you look closely:p:p

Zorba

xz wrote: »

The warning is already on the box if you look closely:p:p

LOL never noticed that before, should've know better with a tag line like that

tunney

pgd-pgd wrote: »

Chain reaction selling 10 pack of tubes for €23.
Hard to beat that , plus free delivery.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=41989

Pure sh!te, of the last ten I ordered 4 exploded on inflation, 4 punctured within 3 km and 3 were fine. False economy.

petethedrummer

I have those airwaves and they are absolutely fine. No issues whatsoever with daily commuting on the mean streets of Dublin.

bcmf

I am with Pete here. Certainly had some mysterious punctures but no more then I would expect but at €3-ish a pop certainy an expenible item.

petethedrummer

In a pricing mistake last week I got 10 for €2.32.

Plastik

Yep, got a pack of 10 for €2.32 lastweek also. Bargaintastic.

bcmf

BO**OX! How did I miss that.:(

petethedrummer

When I go to Chainreactions, the first thing I do is go to sale and then organise by "Discount - High to Low". To be honest that saving doesn't pay back all the time I've spent aimlessly browsing the sale section.

johnk123

Got a freebie of a box of ten of those airwaves from a friend of mine a while back. I was only starting to get really into cycling at that stage and thought he was just being nice and giving me a pack... after 3 went on inflation, the valve was dead on one, he finally admitted he was just fobbing them off onto me!!

Since then I have been just buying tubes in one's or two's whenever I'm in the shop and I'm running low. So my next question would be how do people find those Continentals in a box of 10?

Unregistered.

petethedrummer wrote: »

In a pricing mistake last week I got 10 for €2.32.

Plastik wrote: »

Yep, got a pack of 10 for €2.32 lastweek also. Bargaintastic.

Thanks for holding out guys!





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cython

As far as I can gather (not having used them myself, but from accounts here, and from other users, including the CRC reviews), those Airwave tubes may have some suspect quality control on certain batches. It seems if you get one bad tube, you're going to get a bunch of them, but at the same time, it's possible to get a box where they're all perfect, in which case they are great value. If you look at the CRC review page (especially sorted by date), the dates on the bad reviews seem to suggest they come in spates, as if a batch of bad tubes comes in and everyone reacts, after which a good batch comes through, and favourable reviews win out.

So at the time of purchase, it seems like a lottery as to whether you'll get decent or crap tubes, but if you get good ones, it's a great bargain..... not sure I want to rely on that though

petethedrummer

Unregistered. wrote: »

Thanks for holding out guys!

Too many buyers may have raised alarm bells.

Unregistered. wrote: »

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I'm sound really.