yeah, gotta get my Reign on par with my other wheelsets. Those hyper-light XC tubes are the pits. First ride on a brand-new bike and i'm walking the bike back half-way through. Try to get out a second time and the patched thing leaks like a sive....ThePriceSeliger said:Tubeless!
You have an all-mountain bike with skimpy-XC tubes....zedro said:yeah, gotta get my Reign on par with my other wheelsets. Those hyper-light XC tubes are the pits. First ride on a brand-new bike and i'm walking the bike back half-way through. Try to get out a second time and the patched thing leaks like a sive....
well i didnt know how under spec'ed the tubes were. And i thought i was only going on a leisurely trail-poaching jaunt on Mt-Royal.....ChrisRobin said:You have an all-mountain bike with skimpy-XC tubes....
You didn't bring a spare....
1 + 1 =2
zedro said:well i didnt know how under spec'ed the tubes were. ...
That's what you get for being a pansy and using tire levers.wydopen said:i pinched a tube changing a tire on my slalomn bike...damn moto levers
Bicyclist said:That's what you get for being a pansy and using tire levers.
Now that you said that you're probably going to get stranded 40 miles out w/ a flat.thaflyinfatman said:hahaha, I haven't gotten a flat for over 3 years now (using tubes all that time).
Possibly... I've been saying it for the last couple of years and still haven't had any flats thoughBicyclist said:Now that you said that you're probably going to get stranded 40 miles out w/ a flat.
same herethaflyinfatman said:hahaha, I haven't gotten a flat for over 3 years now (using tubes all that time).
know exactly what you mean, i demoed Gemini last year on the north shore only to get a puncture 1/3 of the way down. Trying to patch the thing i found they speced a XC tubes for a demo day on the shorezedro said:well i didnt know how under spec'ed the tubes were. And i thought i was only going on a leisurely trail-poaching jaunt on Mt-Royal.....
yeah its heavy as hell too.FREERDR4LF said:same here
double tracks + DH tubes + minions = no flats for 3 years.
and still going strong.
don't know anything about XC wheel setups though.
theres usually a point in august where i comment on the chairlift up that i've never had a flat yet and thats why i stopped bringing any tools with me. Three flats later that morning....thaflyinfatman said:hahaha, I haven't gotten a flat for over 3 years now (using tubes all that time).
hahaha. My sgs is still on the original OEM tubes... I have only ever bought one tube in the past 3 years, and it's STILL a spare.zedro said:theres usually a point in august where i comment on the chairlift up that i've never had a flat yet and thats why i stopped bringing any tools with me. Three flats later that morning....
Have you posted pics??? What size and what not??? I posted in your mtbr thread, but never saw anymore. I am running ghetto tubeless with Maxxis strips on mine, and diggin' it.zedro said:yeah, gotta get my Reign on par with my other wheelsets. Those hyper-light XC tubes are the pits. First ride on a brand-new bike and i'm walking the bike back half-way through. Try to get out a second time and the patched thing leaks like a sive....
I kind of thought he might be tempting fate.zedro said:theres usually a point in august where i comment on the chairlift up that i've never had a flat yet and thats why i stopped bringing any tools with me. Three flats later that morning....
yeah i was gonna try the Maxxis strips, not sure if i'll find locally tho...loco said:Have you posted pics??? What size and what not??? I posted in your mtbr thread, but never saw anymore. I am running ghetto tubeless with Maxxis strips on mine, and diggin' it.
I have a pair I can send you if you can run the DH1s, or you can get them from Maxxis. They are $5 a piece, which is nothing. I've used them and stan's, and no offense to stan or mike b, but these seem nicer.zedro said:yeah i was gonna try the Maxxis strips, not sure if i'll find locally tho...
Tell me about it!Zark said:My stumpy FSR came with the most rediclulously thin XC tubes, actually thinner than their super light aftermarker tubes.
It was a shock when I double flatted on my first ride on the bike and found tubes thinner than a powerbar wrapper in there.:mumble:
I'm pretty sure Maxxis is no longer making these, or they will be stoping soon so Stans might be our only choice in the not-so-distant future.zedro said:yeah i was gonna try the Maxxis strips, not sure if i'll find locally tho...