artmaker
Active Member
Is there a better tube? Or perhaps an additional sleeve or something?
Ok, here is my bike. http://artmakersworlds.com/testing/Bike/Bike1.jpg
Tube size is 26x2.125
Some time ago I picked up a rather large nail in the rear wheel.
Patched it. Crappy no glue patches. Patched it three times and finally ordered the real good patches with glue. Gees, I have patches on my old ten speed that NEVER fell off. I've worn through tires before needing to replace a patched tube. But this bike? Now way!
Got the good patches. Patched it three times. Then a fourth time using the real big patch. THOUGHT that one worked. It did not loose air, I've ridden at least a few hundred miles on it.
But.... it finally failed too.
Time to bite the bullet and resign myself to changing the blasted tube.
The one on there is already one of the thick heavy duty ones.
Is there anything better? I think I read somewhere ages ago about some kind of sleeve you can put in the tire for extra protection?
If it weren't such a royal pain to take that rear wheel off I wouldn't care. But shees! This is a drag. And most bike shops anywhere near me won't touch it.
If you know of something please post it, and/or a link to the site that has it.
Thanks in advance.
Ok, here is my bike. http://artmakersworlds.com/testing/Bike/Bike1.jpg
Tube size is 26x2.125
Some time ago I picked up a rather large nail in the rear wheel.
Patched it. Crappy no glue patches. Patched it three times and finally ordered the real good patches with glue. Gees, I have patches on my old ten speed that NEVER fell off. I've worn through tires before needing to replace a patched tube. But this bike? Now way!
Got the good patches. Patched it three times. Then a fourth time using the real big patch. THOUGHT that one worked. It did not loose air, I've ridden at least a few hundred miles on it.
But.... it finally failed too.
Time to bite the bullet and resign myself to changing the blasted tube.
The one on there is already one of the thick heavy duty ones.
Is there anything better? I think I read somewhere ages ago about some kind of sleeve you can put in the tire for extra protection?
If it weren't such a royal pain to take that rear wheel off I wouldn't care. But shees! This is a drag. And most bike shops anywhere near me won't touch it.
If you know of something please post it, and/or a link to the site that has it.
Thanks in advance.