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Submitted by
Stew
a Cross Country Rider
from SLC, Utah
Date Reviewed: October 16, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | T Mountain, Wasatch Crest, Pipeline, Mueller | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$12.00 | | Purchased At: | Fisher's | | Strengths: | Puncture resistant | | Weaknesses: | Um, the stem. It needs more glue. | | Similar Products Used: | NashBar, Specialized, Maxxis | | Bike Setup: | 2002 Slayer, Fuzzy Dice, Dropped slow -n-low. | | Bottom Line: | I've ridden over cactus and not got a flat. The things are pretty heavy, but you pick your poison: flats or weight. But would it be too much to ask that the stems stay on? So they don't puncture, but have you ever tried to wrap a patch around the stem to make it stick back on the tube? | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Don
a Weekend Warrior
from Anaheim,CA
Date Reviewed: May 3, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Whiting Ranch | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$6.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | No Flats. Decent price. | | Weaknesses: | Weight. Heavy, Heavy . Ribbed section will not take a patch well, but i've never had a flat to test this. I suppose they COULD contribute to a harsh ride due to thier thickness. | | Similar Products Used: | Stock Condom/tubes | | Bike Setup: | KHS Alite 2000 , Easton EA70 risers , stem riser , Post Modern Bracer suspension post , Geax Evolution clinchers ,Performance Body Geometry grips | | Bottom Line: | These tubes deliver what they promise. I'm a 235lb rider and have had ZERO flats in 700 miles . I ride 60% rugged So. Cal. trails and 40% glass strewn road.They do lose about 1pound of pressure a week ,but so will most tubes. Two of my buddies run these tubes and none of us have EVER had a flat. It makes it hard to justify taking a pump with us on the trail. LOL I highly recommend these tubes!! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
BigBubba
a Weekend Warrior
from Wrentham,MA USA
Date Reviewed: August 2, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Borderland | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$5.00 | | Purchased At: | Mountain Bikes & More | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | not pinch resistant | | Similar Products Used: | specialized(much better) | | Bike Setup: | sugar3 disc w/ cane creek 12, race face rings and bash guard | | Bottom Line: | blow 1 or 2 tubes everytime out | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andreas
a Cross Country Rider
from Tucson
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Fantasy Island | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$4.00 | | Purchased At: | bikezone.com | | Strengths: | weight, cool color cap (red), price | | Weaknesses: | everything, these things go flat when you breathe on them...
PRICE | | Similar Products Used: | kenda ultralites, regular beefie presta tubes | | Bike Setup: | Schwinn Homegrown pro, XTR everything, syncros cranks, hugi 240n/mavic 225 wheelsets, selle italia flite gel, rock shox judy DH | | Bottom Line: | Too bad I can't give it a zero flaming chili rating.
These things pinchflatted with 55psi! flats and slow leaks EVERY single time out on the trail (granted this is rocky, thorny AZ). The ONLY time I didn't get a flat while on the trail, I couldn't believe it... Worry not though,I got TWO flats during the next ride (front and back)....
Buy only if you like fixing flats under a 110F sun... (i.e. masochist of the highest order) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick
a Weekend Warrior
from Tempe
Date Reviewed: June 19, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Urban trials | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Economical, even from a bike shop
| | Weaknesses: | Heavier than more expensive tubes | | Similar Products Used: | Lots. | | Bike Setup: | Planet X Zebdi with a full complement of trials gear | | Bottom Line: | I ride trials on these and have landed on them hard a couple of times and pinch flats have never been an issue. I've never tried them at high pressures. I've never had a valve rip off, but it's a possibility that the people below tightened the locknut too much. As for the rim cutting the valve, that's just ignorance; if you run a presta valve in a schrader-drilled rim, get one of the rubber inserts from your LBS. That will stop that problem, which is not specific to this particular tube. It's a thick, strong tube. Its weight is its only downfall that I can see. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Colin
a
from Vancouver Canada
Date Reviewed: May 17, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$5.00 | | Purchased At: | The Cyclepath (Vancouver BC CAN.) | | Strengths: | 4mm thickness | | Weaknesses: | PRESTA VALVE!!! they messed up my rim | | Similar Products Used: | any other urban tube... | | Bike Setup: | 2000 Psycle Werks WildHare (f/s) CUSTOM! | | Bottom Line: | DO NOT BUY A TUBE WITH A PRESTA VALVE!!
if you do not have a rim made with a presta honed valve hole you risk REALLY messing up your rim...
Presta has a screw thread that runs all the way to the rubber on the tube(whats up with that???) so when the tube is on the rim; the valve rubs against the hole and pretty much cuts it away!
DO NOT BUY A PRESTA!!!! AVOID THEM AT ALLLLLLLL COST!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alfonso
a Cross Country Rider
from Oakland, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: October 16, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | when a spare tube's the only thing that makes the difference between riding or walking home, you MIGHT be able to depend on one of these | | Weaknesses: | everything: bloody valve stems rip, ribbed surfaces can't be patched effectively, heavy, same price as better tubes in the market | | Similar Products Used: | Avenir, Specialized, Panaracer, no name Taiwanese ones | | Bike Setup: | '00 Santa Cruz Superlight, full custom build | | Bottom Line: | I've gone through eight of these tubes in 3 weeks and 120 miles of moderate trail riding. Only reason I had eight is because I like to keep a stock of them at home and one for the ride. I exhausted my entire supply in a ridiculously short amount of time. Three of these were thrown out immediately due to bad valve stems that were ripped at the base. Worst of all, I happened to be riding on a spare tube which was punctured at a portion where the surface of the tube is ribbed (why???). I patched the area and rode home, but had to pump every 3 miles since air still leaked out the side of the patch. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Justin
a Cross-Country Rider
from Chico CA
Date Reviewed: June 2, 1999 | | Favoriate Trail: |
the one I just rode for the first time | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
it works for a while | | Weaknesses: |
the presta stem rips off | | Bottom Line: | it sucks when you buy all new tubes including replacing all thoes spairs and you find out that they have a comon flaw and they will all fail. | | Overall Rating: |
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