Message #15804

[jim-ratliff]

curious how many tubes you guys have replaced this year alone? 5 bucks a tube starts to add up. I have replaced zero on my own bike. When someone use one of my tubes to repair their flat. I take it off of them at the end of the ride. I call it the tube of shame. your tires should never flat while MTBing.

Tube count for me??

One mtb tube when I lowered the front pressure to 35 and got a flat.  Patched the tube and it's my spare.

One roadbike tube.  I converted to 25c tires this year and had been working my pressure down.  Snakebite Saturday after 30 miles at 95 lbs when the back rolled over a rock or something. I didn't see it, must have swerved over something. Patched the tube and it's now my backup.

I don't think that's at all bad, considering.  And I buy cheap tubes at Performance Bicycle.