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Re: Straight inner tubes?

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  1. NiteRider said:

    Does anybody know if there's a noncircular inner tube on the market? I
    thought there was, but I can't find anything on the net. My bike has a
    full Nexus setup in the back and it's a royal pain in the ass to remove
    and reinstall the wheel. Be a lot easier if there was a straight inner
    tube, sort of like those long balloons that they use for balloon
    animals.

    I have access to a heat sealer. Maybe I can try to make my own by
    cutting a tube and sealing the ends. Or maybe just good, old fashioned
    patch glue to seal the ends?

    Dear NR,

    Here you are! Morley Brothers has the Butt End style that
    you want in 24, 26, 28, and 30 inch sizes in a fancy carton!
    Attractive pricing!

    http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/morley/10.jpg

    (Unfortunately, the item may be out of stock.)

    Carl Fogel

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    NiteRider said:

    Does anybody know if there's a noncircular inner tube on the market? I
    thought there was, but I can't find anything on the net. My bike has a
    full Nexus setup in the back and it's a royal pain in the ass to remove
    and reinstall the wheel. Be a lot easier if there was a straight inner
    tube, sort of like those long balloons that they use for balloon
    animals.

    Here you are! Morley Brothers has the Butt End style that
    you want in 24, 26, 28, and 30 inch sizes in a fancy carton!
    Attractive pricing!

    http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/morley/10.jpg

    Hmmm. Sears carried tubes like this in their 1908 catalog.
    Everything old is new again, in time.
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    Quoted message said:

    Dear NR,

    Here you are! Morley Brothers has the Butt End style that
    you want in 24, 26, 28, and 30 inch sizes in a fancy carton!
    Attractive pricing!

    http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/morley/10.jpg

    (Unfortunately, the item may be out of stock.)

    Carl Fogel

    Attractive pricing? Based on the salary data from here:

    http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/WagesandWorkingConditions.html#table%201
    it seems most things cycling were quite dear in 1916.

    Dear Justin,

    Do not be misled by our handsome bulk discounts! Individual
    Butt End tubes are attractively priced--those prices are per
    dozen tubes!

    As an advertisement from our inferior competitors makes
    clear, Morgan and Wright Butt End tubes are available for 72
    cents, plus a dozen pennies postage:

    http://www.instantattitudes.com/images/sears1908pg170.jpg

    The Morgan and Wright Butt End tubes are well known and have
    always given good satisfaction, being guaranteed in every
    way, but customers are warned that it is wiser to do
    business with a well-established firm like Morley Brothers
    than to risk their hard-earned cash with a fly-by-night
    company that may not be here to-morrow! Beware of being
    "Sear-ed"!

    Carl Fogel

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