Cheap tubes

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Don't know if they are any good but £10 for 10 plus £2.99 p&p isn't bad.

I think I'll try the 700x23 schraeder tubes

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Don't know if they are any good but £10 for 10 plus £2.99 p&p isn't bad.

Originally posted over at www.thedvdforums.co.uk

By me. Had thought of posting here but wasn't sure of NG etiquette.

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Don't know if they are any good but £10 for 10 plus £2.99 p&p isn't bad.

Surely a tube is a pretty crucial component to get right.......is it worth scrimping and saving on a
cheap unbranded tube?

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Don't know if they are any good but £10 for 10 plus £2.99 p&p isn't bad.

Surely a tube is a pretty crucial component to get right.......is it worth scrimping and saving on
a cheap unbranded tube?

After changing a new H*lf*rds tube last night, I made the decision to buy decent ones in future. The
tube had only been on for about a week, I'd inflated to a bit above 100psi that morning and it had
split down the seam. No sign of any puncture.

Toby

PS. Having said that, I've had other H*lf*rds tubes in the past with no problem.

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Stephen (aka steford) said:

You may fancy some of these

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Don't know if they are any good but £10 for 10 plus £2.99 p&p isn't bad.

Originally posted over at www.thedvdforums.co.uk

By me. Had thought of posting here but wasn't sure of NG etiquette.

Everyone loves a bargain so fine I reckon.

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"Stephen (aka steford)" <R_E_m_steford.usenetO_v_E@T_H_i_Sntlworld.com> wrote in message
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Don't know if they are any good but £10 for 10 plus £2.99 p&p isn't bad.

Surely a tube is a pretty crucial component to get right.......is it worth scrimping and saving on
a cheap unbranded tube?

Very true but I buy so many tubes at £5+ and still end up patching them a couple of times and then
throwing them that for the price of 2 even if I only have 10 spares I'll be happy. Of course the
minute one lets me down for whatever reason I'll be vowing never to buy cheap again.

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Stephen (aka steford)' R_E_m_steford.usenetO_v_E@T_H_i_Sntlworld.com said:

Don't know if they are any good but £10 for 10 plus £2.99 p&p isn't bad.

Surely a tube is a pretty crucial component to get right.......is it worth scrimping and saving on
a cheap unbranded tube?

I got a batch of these about two years ago to standardise on presta valves across several bikes. The
ones I got were Raleigh branded, and they've been just fine. I think they were just doing it as a
promotion to get people into the shop. Anyway, it worked, as I have ended up buying several bicycles
from them for my friends, while they had a deal for a two year old Marin Bolinas Ridge for £200
instead of £340.

Jim Price

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Surely a tube is a pretty crucial component to get right.......is it worth scrimping and saving on
a cheap unbranded tube?

I've had no more problems in total with unbranded tubes than with major-brand ones. There are only a
limited number of factories in the worls making inner tubes so you'll probably even end up with the
same product sometimes. The unbranded or rebranded ones tend to be thicker - which do at least
retain air longer than lighter tubes.

However, Michelin tubes seem to be consistently reliable in experience so far.

~PB

Pete Biggs said:

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Surely a tube is a pretty crucial component to get right.......is it worth scrimping and saving
on a cheap unbranded tube?

I've had no more problems in total with unbranded tubes than with major-brand ones. There are only
a limited number of factories in the worls making inner tubes so you'll probably even end up with
the same product sometimes. The unbranded or rebranded ones tend to be thicker - which do at least
retain air longer than lighter tubes.

Pete

I have had troubles with two tubes bought from Halfords. On both occasions the entire valve assembly
(the whole sticky out bit) detached itself from the rest of the rest of the tube resulting in a
explosive decompression. They sucked!

Fortunately, having convinced the Halfords' staff that I was able to install a tube correctly, I was
given a refund. Actually, I was pretty peeved at being asked about my competence on tube-fitting by
a spotty, snotty teenager whom, I found out, couldn't actually fit a tube / tyre himself.

James

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James Hodson said:

I have had troubles with two tubes bought from Halfords. On both occasions the entire valve
assembly (the whole sticky out bit) detached itself from the rest of the rest of the tube
resulting in a explosive decompression. They sucked!

I've had that happen with Vittoria tubes as well.

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Fortunately, having convinced the Halfords' staff that I was able to install a tube correctly, I
was given a refund. Actually, I was pretty peeved at being asked about my competence on
tube-fitting by a spotty, snotty teenager whom, I found out, couldn't actually fit a tube / tyre
himself.

The HPX pump has many uses ;-)

~PB

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Don't know if they are any good but £10 for 10 plus £2.99 p&p isn't bad.

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Just arrived. 10 Raleigh tubes for £12.99. Can't be bad.

Pete Biggs said:

The HPX pump has many uses ;-)

Sadly, Pete, only one of which is legal - unless one has strange

Mr Mild Whiplash James
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Just bought some : they're excellent value, and what is even nicer is the way the invoice is
made out :

Ten inner tubes £ 49-99 Discount -£ 39-99 P&P £ 2-99 Total £ 12-99.

The "Discount : £39-99" makes you really appreciate the price!

Philip Taylor
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Stephen (aka steford) said:

You may fancy some of these

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Don't know if they are any good but £10 for 10 plus £2.99 p&p isn't bad.

Originally posted over at www.thedvdforums.co.uk

Thanks for that Phil,just ordered ten.

Sam Salt

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Just bought some : they're excellent value, and what is even nicer is the way the invoice is
made out :

Ten inner tubes £ 49-99 Discount -£ 39-99 P&P £ 2-99 Total £ 12-99.

The "Discount : £39-99" makes you really appreciate the price!

Philip Taylor
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Stephen (aka steford) said:

You may fancy some of these

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Don't know if they are any good but £10 for 10 plus £2.99 p&p isn't bad.

Originally posted over at www.thedvdforums.co.uk

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