Author Topic: TPU Tubes  (Read 577 times)

bennytalent




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Re: TPU Tubes
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2025, 04:19:50 PM »
that particular brand, never tried those. 
imo just buy whatevel good deal you found n have decent review count from users. 

tpu tubes i have used:
- revoloop ultra
- ridenow 36g 1st gen
- ridenow 36g 2nd gen
- ridenow 24g 2nd gen
- thinkrider
- offbondage

ridenow 24g seems not so robust against all those road debris as i got nail punctures more frequently. i went back to ~35g versions (thinkrider, offbondage), indirectly as im now using 32mm tires

Serge_K

Re: TPU Tubes
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2025, 02:07:42 AM »
Housekeeping, but please post clean links, aka https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807891150787.html, not all the garbage after.
i would buy whatever is cheaper myself, but i have been buying TPU tubes for friends with a reinforced valve area as some of them complained that the tubes failed there. Bad luck, user error, idk, but you can imagine it's just plastic material, the tooling is there in china working 24/7, and they're just cranking bike tubes out all day every day, so the differences will be physics, like, indeed, if you buy a heavier one, it will have more material and be less prone to punctures or snake bikes. If you buy one with a reinforced valve area, it will be less likely to fail there. A plastic stem can easily snap in your hands if you're not careful, but weighs less than a metal one. And so on. The shrader valves themselves are probably all the same as for sure it's a different factory making them.
In my experience, always buy more than you think you need, and therefore, aim for cheap & for you to decide which features you need / dont need. They also make useful gifts to fellow riders you ride with, that way, when a puncture does happen, fewer chances of nobody having a spare tube.
I've probably bought 50 of these TPU tubes by now.
Fast on the flat. And nowhere else.

bennytalent

Re: TPU Tubes
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2025, 11:19:12 AM »
Housekeeping, but please post clean links, aka https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807891150787.html, not all the garbage after.
i would buy whatever is cheaper myself, but i have been buying TPU tubes for friends with a reinforced valve area as some of them complained that the tubes failed there. Bad luck, user error, idk, but you can imagine it's just plastic material, the tooling is there in china working 24/7, and they're just cranking bike tubes out all day every day, so the differences will be physics, like, indeed, if you buy a heavier one, it will have more material and be less prone to punctures or snake bikes. If you buy one with a reinforced valve area, it will be less likely to fail there. A plastic stem can easily snap in your hands if you're not careful, but weighs less than a metal one. And so on. The shrader valves themselves are probably all the same as for sure it's a different factory making them.
In my experience, always buy more than you think you need, and therefore, aim for cheap & for you to decide which features you need / dont need. They also make useful gifts to fellow riders you ride with, that way, when a puncture does happen, fewer chances of nobody having a spare tube.
I've probably bought 50 of these TPU tubes by now.

Thank you, I knew there was a cleaner way for links and it looks like I can just cut off all the extra fluff and it'll still post fine.

I'll buy a handful of these in case one or two go wrong, but would you happen to know which option would be best for 700x32c tires? I'm thinking of erring on the side of caution and using the 80L as I want something maybe less vulnerable to punctures, or am I missing something obvious?

rtuk

Re: TPU Tubes
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2025, 01:06:21 PM »
Thank you, I knew there was a cleaner way for links and it looks like I can just cut off all the extra fluff and it'll still post fine.

I'll buy a handful of these in case one or two go wrong, but would you happen to know which option would be best for 700x32c tires? I'm thinking of erring on the side of caution and using the 80L as I want something maybe less vulnerable to punctures, or am I missing something obvious?

Those are referring to the different length of the valve stem - not related to the tube material at all

bennytalent

Re: TPU Tubes
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2025, 01:19:33 PM »
Thanks haha, I thought it had something to do with liters based on the unit they used...