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Best TPU tube brand
patliean1:
--- Quote from: jonathanf2 on July 30, 2024, 09:00:16 AM ---Since my local urban roads suck, I tend to run lower PSI pressures, about 5-10 psi lower than optimal. I've been able to minimize punctures this way with tpu tubes. If I were racing on smooth tarmac, I'd run higher pressures. If I were running wider tires like 30-32c, I'd probably go tubeless. Though I like to climb and prefer the nimbleness + lower weight of 25c road slicks. Also on 21mm internal width rims, my 25c tires widen out close to 28c so I get the advantages of both a narrow tire (less weight) and wide tire (more contact patch).
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I can attest to the minor lack of nimbleness when running 30/32c for road. I'm currently testing a set of wheels that stretch 30c GP5000s to 33mm at the rim. The amount of road comfort is absolutely optimal. Basically game changing. But even if it 33mm isn't actually any slower, my heart too still prefers the nimbleness of 28c on a 21mm internal rim.
I'm a full Ride Now TPU convert. My primary bike has wheels with 28mm ext 21mm int. With 28c GP5000s I'm running around 76psi front and 78psi rear. Pinch flats and punctures are basically non existent. I probably get a true puncture maybe once a year at most. But for gravel...yeah tubeless for sure.
dsveddy:
I’ve been running the 19g RideNow tubes. I’d say 1 in 6 have a slow-leak valve defect, and the risk of pinching when installing/swapping is like 1 in 4 for me—and I think with 15 years of racing and tube-swapping experience, I’ve gotten better over time but they really require far more care and patience during install compared to butyl or latex.
I think they’re price competitive with tubeless (as in they don’t eat away the price savings of buying the clincher version over tubeless of the same tire), lighter than tubeless, same RR as latex, same air retention as butyl. So I just buy a 4 or 6 pack and assume 1 is going in the trash.
bichler.bua:
I have used RideNow with mixed success, early versions I used were leaking - newer versions I bought seem okay.
Typical Chinerproblems: products are being changed constantly & randomly, it is virtually impossible to understand what version you are using and if improved versions are available or not...
I have ordered ThinkRider but not tested, so far, and I have a pair of Cyclami that I am using without problems
James dean:
i ride the Ride now tubes on all my road bikes. Zero trouble don't know why anyone would use tubalitos
Macedingle:
With Ride now I got 2 flats a month apart, one pinch and one puncture. I was completely shocked since that is more flats than I get from butyl tubes, have not had a flat in 4 months since the last one.
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