Wrench force Tube

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Submitted by Michael Genovese

Date Reviewed: August 13, 2012

Strengths:    Rubber is thick enough to prevent flats from thorns or very small pieces of metal that would cause slow leaks in regular tubes.

Weaknesses:    Both tubes I used failed at the valve stem.

Bottom Line:

These tubes would be great if the valve stem could handle the pressure. One tube failed 5 minutes after I filled it up. The 2nd tube lasted several weeks, but when I refilled the tire for the 3rd time, it was flat by the end of the day. On the plus side, the 2nd tube had a piece of metal sticking out of it and no air was leaking from that area. On the negative side, the valve stem became completely detached from the rest of the tube. I used a tire inflator with a gauge and did not overinflate either tube. Overall, a huge bummer. I'll give these tubes an F+.

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Submitted by Lance a Weekend Warrior from Fullerton, CA USA

Date Reviewed: August 21, 2003

Strengths:    No more pinch flats or any type of flats.

Weaknesses:    HEAVY as a mother *ucker, which are very heavy.

Bottom Line:

Heres the deal. The only weakness to these tubes is they are Heavy. Yes they are.

Now the upsides. I was replacing tubes on my Sun Ditchwitch rims which are really wide but are perfect for freeriding and urban assault. Problem is I was replacing like 5 tubes a month or more since the tires are so difficult to put on the rims they would go flat right away or after about 5 minutes on the trail. So i got these. Haven't had a flat in a month and a half and I don't even take a spare tube with me anymore. I do trials, cross country, urban assault and freeriding and these hold up to them all. Big deal if they weigh a little more. Unless you are cross country go get some of these. I'd rather pay $8 for something a little heavier. I recommend em if you do hard hits. Get some and forget about em'

4 chillis because they weigh a ton.

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Favorite Trail:   The loop

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $8.00

Purchased At:   jax bicycles

Similar Products Used:   Giant tubes, WTB tubes, everything but DH tubes.

Bike Setup:   2001 Kona Roast

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Submitted by PiroChu a Cross Country Rider from Bay Area (California, USA)

Date Reviewed: July 17, 2002

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I actually never had flat on those in 2 yrs (except when I ran over a piece of glass.
But, they're heavy. Somebody at the bottom of this post said, "they are heavy at 285 grams each." Whoa! That's a lot... I'm going switch to something that's 100g/each, even though these never gave me flat-problems, per se.

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Duration Product Used: 2 Years

Purchased At: LBS

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Submitted by Stinky B a Cross Country Rider from Petaluma

Date Reviewed: July 1, 2002

Strengths:    Strong rubber odor, attractive dusty black color, holds air as long as the tube isn't actually in the tire

Weaknesses:    Heavy.

One flatted on istallation (no thorns in tire, rim strips intact, nothing sharp inside rim, very careful with tire levers, flatted on inside surface anyway)

Heavy.

Patches don't like to stick to these buggers

HEAVY.

Thick on outer side only, inner side weak as hell

HEAVY, HEAVY, HEAVY.

UNBELIEVEABLY HEAVY

Bottom Line:

I am not, nor have I ever been a weight freak, just gimme something that works - however, these things are RIDICULOUS. Two of these stupid things adds like a pound and a half to your bike. I think I'd rather carry the weight in a better shock, not in my tubes...

I got one of these buggers on without incident, even though the uneven thickness and massive rigidity of these tubes made it more of a PITA than usual. The second tube decided to blow on inflation, when I looked for reasons WHY I found none. It blew on the rim side (thin side of tube), BIG hole and I'm still wondering WHY. Rim strips are beautiful, no ganks in the rim, no thorns in the tire, WHY DO THESE TUBES SUCK SO BADLY?

Oh, then I tried to patch the hole... patches from one generic kit simply would not stick to this suck-ass tube, on the third try a patch from a tip-top kit actually stuck.

Changing a tube should NOT involve an hour of patch BS and unexplained blown tubes. SOmething claiming to be thick and super duty should not blow for no reason when installing. Please explain to me why these have got to weigh 500 pounds. Please explain how a tube that is not uniformly thick is going to help with pinch flats.

I will never buy a Wrench Force tube again. I hate them. They suck.

The kicker - I haven't even ridden the bike since putting them on last night; they simply suck so badly that I had to run out and try to prevent my fellow man from going down this road... stick with Slime, you could pur five bottles of it into your tubes and they still wouldn't weigh as much as these anchors, and Slime actually might prevent you from getting a flat... these pieces of crap sure won't.

Don't forget to use the bonus multiplier of ZERO when looking at my 1-flaming dog crap ratings...

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Favorite Trail:   any pointed down

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $6.00

Purchased At:   LBS

Similar Products Used:   Several hundred tubes of various brands

Bike Setup:   STP 200, AD-12 rear, Mutanoraptors

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Submitted by Will a Cross Country Rider from Denver, CO

Date Reviewed: April 6, 2002

Strengths:    Thick, if you don't mind the weight. I imagine they work well for thorn punctures (like they claim)

Weaknesses:    My god these things weigh a TON.

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Between 2 of them its over 1 pound...I have never seen a tube this heavy before. Michelin tires are pretty weak and I got 2 flats within 15 minutes of the first ride, so I went to the LBS and said "give me something thick" and this is what I got....be carefull what you ask for I suppose.
Haven't popped one yet, but Im dumping them...they are just so ridiculously heavy. They also make the tire feel oddly stiff for the pressure.
And they are only thick on the outside, so these won't help with pinch flats.

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Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $7.00

Purchased At:   LBS

Similar Products Used:   Most of the specialized tubes.

Bike Setup:   Mavic 517, Michelin Wildgrippers

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Submitted by Wilson Low a Cross Country Rider from Singapore

Date Reviewed: October 19, 2001

Strengths:    You gotta be kidding me. However, they ar fantastic if you cut them into strips and use as chainstay protectors.

Weaknesses:    A flat magnet. Holes mysteriously appear on the inner side of the tube, facing the rim. Not even pinching or punctures from monster jumps or nails. These things just died underneath my Schwinn on flat level asphalt. Patches do not stick to this tube!! Cleaned and licked and cleaned the spot where the hole was, but to no avail.

Bottom Line:

A thoroughly pitifully hopeless excuse for a bicycle inner tube. I put them on for a tag team adventure race (bike route only about 30 km)... and thank goodness they did not cock up during the race otherwise the girls would have to hike-a-bike the rest of the race. I do not ride heavily, but even then the stupidity of these tubes left me fuming. I had to prematurely end a bike survey of an expedition route about 25 km from home all because of one of these tubes. Slow leaking, simply, impossible to fix once a hole comes along, which is sooner rather than later. I now use their pathetic carcasses as chainstay protectors.

Do not, DO NOT buy Wrenchforce tubes.

Does not deserve a flaming chili actually.

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Favorite Trail:   Tanjong Rhu Marina East

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $8.00

Purchased At:   Treknology3

Similar Products Used:   WTB, Cheng Shin.

Bike Setup:   '97 Schwinn Mesa GS SID SL, assorted cheapo parts.

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Submitted by Neeek a Weekend Warrior from Sydney, Australia

Date Reviewed: June 14, 2001

Strengths:    4mm thickness is good for puncture protection - you try and pinch flat these ones!

Weaknesses:    How heavy?!?
Bad valve/tube connection

Bottom Line:

Any tube is going to die sooner of later, but these thorn-proof ones ought to have been better. In the end, it wasn't a pinch flat or indeed a thorn that ended this tubes life, but a snapped off presta valve!
Never had that happen EVER before. Disappointing, but will keep me away from these heavy tubes anyway, which are over-rated...

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Favorite Trail:   Mt Stromlo area

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $8.00

Purchased At:   LBS

Similar Products Used:   Pretty much everything...

Bike Setup:   Cove Stiffee FR set up for mucking about with lots of nice parts...

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Submitted by Scott Duckworth a Cross Country Rider from Clemson, SC

Date Reviewed: October 13, 2000

Strengths:    looks like a tube; smells like a tube; comes with a rubber band around it to add to the rubber band collection; get's pinch flats/punctures about as easily as any other tube

Weaknesses:    hmmm, let's see...I've had 2 tubes (from 2 different shops) with holes in them out of the package; holes always mysteriously appear around the valve; there always seems to be a slow leak (no thorns); holes randomly appear overnight (really!) on the side that is facing the rim (yes, I'm using rim tape and it's covering every sharp point in sight)

Bottom Line:

If your bike shop carries these tubes and only these tubes, go somewhere else for tubes. These tubes suck

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Duration Product Used:   6 months

Price Paid:    $4.00

Similar Products Used:   ??? - a tube is a tube, unless it's this one or some type of ultralite or DH tube. I've even had better results with the specialized ultralites than this tube.

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Submitted by jochen a Cross Country Rider from vienna

Date Reviewed: September 10, 2000

Strengths:    cheap (if you just consider the tube and neglect the rim you have to buy 'cause the tube flats on some downhill)
light

Weaknesses:    FLAT FLAT FLAT

Bottom Line:

flatted at third ride on a mediocre downhill, the rim was gone and that sh.... cheap tube did cost me a lot of money in the end... :-(

(i wouldn´t spend a single chili on this crap)

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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month

Similar Products Used: Schwalbe, Cheng shin, all better, Conti latex (great)

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Submitted by Someone a Weekend Warrior from the world

Date Reviewed: November 15, 1999

Strengths:
Light

Weaknesses:
Flats

Bottom Line:

This tube gets you flats fast, no good unless you like patching tubes.

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Duration Product Used:
less than 1 month

Similar Products Used:
wrench force thorn resistens

Bike Setup:
trek 810

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Submitted by Kent a Weekend Warrior from Roseburg

Date Reviewed: September 19, 1999

Strengths:
Light

Weaknesses:
Flats!!

Bottom Line:

Two flats in two days. One flat before I could even get back on the bike. It's a good thing that Bikeworld has a four for the price of three sale. I needed the extras! I will replace these with something better, if I want to ride anytime soon.

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Duration Product Used:
less than 1 month

Similar Products Used:
Specialized - whatever it is that comes on the RH.

Bike Setup:
Specialized RH - Rock shock seat post, XT Brakes.

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Submitted by Fred a Weekend Warrior from massachusettts

Date Reviewed: September 6, 1999

Strengths:
OK Price, decent reliablity

Weaknesses:
could be cheaper

Bottom Line:

a pretty good tube, but my next tubes will be the poppless kind, we'll see how they work out...

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Favorite Trail:
bh

Duration Product Used:
3 months

Similar Products Used:
cheezy k-mart tubes

Bike Setup:
stock

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Submitted by David Eastwood a Weekend Warrior from Prince rupert bc

Date Reviewed: July 1, 1999

Strengths:
works great is strong.

Weaknesses:
A bit to heavy

Bottom Line:

I used this the first time the other day when i went up the local mountain which is 2400 feet. they are heavy at 285 grams each.

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Duration Product Used:
less than 1 month

Similar Products Used:
None

Bike Setup:
Norco sasquatch indy c stx

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