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inner tube query ...

  • 24-01-2012 8:18pm
    #1
    denlaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭


    had a blow out on the way home ,the valve came right away from the tube?? , for luck it was only 100yrds from the gate , halfords is only 3 mins away and the nearest one they have is a 700x18-25 tube , my old one is a 700x18/23c , should i get the one in halfords or go hunt for a correct size ...tia ...


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  • #2
    cdaly_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭cdaly_


    That's fine. Mind you, once you have it sorted you should go shop for a 10 pack...


  • #3
    victorcarrera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,059 ✭✭✭victorcarrera


    What size is your tyre?


  • #4
    denlaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭denlaw


    cdaly_ wrote: »
    That's fine. Mind you, once you have it sorted you should go shop for a 10 pack...
    i've had the bike a yr and this was the first puncture as such , i'm new to all this (as you can tell) , any advice is most grateful ...:D


  • #5
    denlaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭denlaw


    victorcarrera wrote: »
    What size is your tyre?

    700x23c


  • #6
    victorcarrera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,059 ✭✭✭victorcarrera


    Proceed as suggested then.


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  • #7
    feck sake lads
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,889 ✭✭✭feck sake lads


    3 bloody punctures in the lase two weeks all caused by the valves coming away from the tubes.


  • #8
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,038 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    denlaw wrote: »
    the nearest one they have is a 700x18-25 tube , my old one is a 700x18/23c
    18-25 means it is suitable for a tyre between 18mm and 25mmin width. Your old one was suitable for a tyre between 18mm and 23mm. It could be argued that you new tube is more suitable than you old one!


  • #9
    cdaly_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭cdaly_


    cdaly_ wrote: »
    That's fine. Mind you, once you have it sorted you should go shop for a 10 pack...
    denlaw wrote: »
    i've had the bike a yr and this was the first puncture as such , i'm new to all this (as you can tell) , any advice is most grateful ...:D

    Good for you. Trouble is, as the tyre wears out, punctures are more likely. Keeping tyre pressures up is important too to avoid pinch flats.

    Rather than spend time on the side of the road mending a puncture, many cyclists carry spare tubes. Then, in the event of a puncture, you just swap tubes and fix the punctured one at home. A 10 pack of tubes works out around €2.50 each vs around €5 each from the local bike shop. I keep a couple in my desk at work and more at home...


  • #10
    jimm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 650 ✭✭✭jimm


    I've had a few episodes where the core of the valve separated from the valve body when I was unscrewing the dust cap, so I now check every valve to ensure the inner core is tight before using it. There are little "flats" on the thread to fit a long nose pliers.

    Once happened far from home, got a puncture and replaced the tube, the pocket pump I was using has an extending hose which has to be screwed onto the valve. After pumping up the tyre, the valve core unscrewed with the hose, letting out all my hard pumped air :mad:. Eventually got it as tight by hand as possible (a pliers not being part of my pocket tools).


  • #11
    puppetmaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 433 ✭✭puppetmaster


    cdaly_ wrote: »
    That's fine. Mind you, once you have it sorted you should go shop for a 10 pack...

    Have you used those Airwave Tubes? Any good? They get mixed reviews on CRC didnt know whether to buy them or not


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  • #12
    cdaly_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭cdaly_


    Yep, I'm using them. Generally grand, have had one or two split though. I'll buy them again when I next need tubes...


  • #13
    Holyboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 869 ✭✭✭Holyboy


    feck sake lads wrote: »
    3 bloody punctures in the lase two weeks all caused by the valves coming away from the tubes.

    Hard plastic rim tapes being used??


  • #14
    feck sake lads
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,889 ✭✭✭feck sake lads


    Holyboy wrote: »
    Hard plastic rim tapes being used??
    spot on holyboy ,so what do you recommend.;)
    did you get my pm.


  • #15
    Holyboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 869 ✭✭✭Holyboy


    feck sake lads wrote: »
    spot on holyboy ,so what do you recommend.;)
    did you get my pm.

    I have heard it said(and it makes some sense) plastic rim tapes tend to slip around a rim dragging the valve with it OR which just occurred to me and would make even more sense, it drags the tube around and away from the valve, either way, sticky, fabric rim tapes are the only way to go, can't beat em:)

    I did and I will have a little think and surf, then be in touch.


  • #16
    macfhinn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭macfhinn


    What are the best value tubes on the market right now


  • #17
    feck sake lads
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,889 ✭✭✭feck sake lads


    Holyboy wrote: »
    I have heard it said(and it makes some sense) plastic rim tapes tend to slip around a rim dragging the valve with it OR which just occurred to me and would make even more sense, it drags the tube around and away from the valve, either way, sticky, fabric rim tapes are the only way to go, can't beat em:)

    I did and I will have a little think and surf, then be in touch.
    yeah that makes a lot of sense must buy some fabric tape thanks
    no hurry on the pm.


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