11-21-2012, 11:25 PM
First of all, I'm not a bike fanatic. I use bicycling as it's my only source of transportation for now.
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Well, my 5-month old Hutchinson tube gave up the ghost today. I had a short valve stem (as part of it was inside.) Deflated the tire then tried pulling it out. No success. Took the tire off and pushed the valve out. That worked for a bit.
My tires are maximum inflation pressure of 50 PSI. I wanted to go 40 PSI on it. Got to 40 PSI then decided to go to about 42 PSI since I knew the thing would leak air trying to get the pump chuck off.
Well, I put in another huge pump from the pump when I hear a loud "PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTT" come from the valve stem. Then my tire was half flat. I pulled out the valve stem just to make sure it wasn't it, but sure enough the tire went flat.
Took the tire off again. Inspected the tube. Sure enough, there was a crack near where the valve is vulcanized to the tube. Pushed it through the hole, and the thing fell off. I still have it. I'm just so lucky it didn't happen when I was riding. Because it could have happened if I didn't put two more pumps in.
Well, that's another tube wasted. Don't know where to get a GOOD quality of tube for a low price (like below $15). I really thought this Hutchinson tube would last, but it only lasted 5 months.
I don't know what I'm going to do with this tube. Perhaps fill it with water? Make rubber bands out of it. Just cut the think into one big sheet of rubber? I'm thinking about filling it with water, then cutting it into the one big sheet of rubber.
When I buy the new tubes I'm probably going to buy two; one for the front and one for the back. I guess I'm going to have to use the Kenda as a spare. (sigh..)
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BTW, has anyone on here have any experience with running Continental inner tubes?
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Well, my 5-month old Hutchinson tube gave up the ghost today. I had a short valve stem (as part of it was inside.) Deflated the tire then tried pulling it out. No success. Took the tire off and pushed the valve out. That worked for a bit.
My tires are maximum inflation pressure of 50 PSI. I wanted to go 40 PSI on it. Got to 40 PSI then decided to go to about 42 PSI since I knew the thing would leak air trying to get the pump chuck off.
Well, I put in another huge pump from the pump when I hear a loud "PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTT" come from the valve stem. Then my tire was half flat. I pulled out the valve stem just to make sure it wasn't it, but sure enough the tire went flat.
Took the tire off again. Inspected the tube. Sure enough, there was a crack near where the valve is vulcanized to the tube. Pushed it through the hole, and the thing fell off. I still have it. I'm just so lucky it didn't happen when I was riding. Because it could have happened if I didn't put two more pumps in.
Well, that's another tube wasted. Don't know where to get a GOOD quality of tube for a low price (like below $15). I really thought this Hutchinson tube would last, but it only lasted 5 months.
I don't know what I'm going to do with this tube. Perhaps fill it with water? Make rubber bands out of it. Just cut the think into one big sheet of rubber? I'm thinking about filling it with water, then cutting it into the one big sheet of rubber.
When I buy the new tubes I'm probably going to buy two; one for the front and one for the back. I guess I'm going to have to use the Kenda as a spare. (sigh..)
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BTW, has anyone on here have any experience with running Continental inner tubes?