Flat Tyres no heavy duty tubes why would you

[GregMember]

On our last big ride again we had a few flat tyres, given where we rode that wasn’t to bad I thought. I was surprised that two of the flats were standard tubes :ohmy: (I was told I wasn’t there) Then I pulled up at the cars with a flat rear, it had just gone flat as I hadn’t noticed it :blush: . I only run tubes in the rear as I use Mousses in the front. I haven’t had a rear flat since early 2004
The thing about my flat is the tube was a Michelin ultra heavy duty tube that I have been using since I went to Cape York in 2004. Yeah its 6 years old and done over 40,000kms and been on two bikes. I paid $44 for the tube at the time and it doesnt have patch fitted. All these miles, pressures from 8psi to 18psi and never a failure.

The marks in the tube here aren’t the cause of it going flat but shows how much a decent tube will put up with without letting you down

Brand name just so we are sure

It took a railway spike thru the tyre to kill it

Quality brand heavy duty tubes are worth it in my opinion as it beats having a flat on a ride. I thought given the age and miles the tube has done was worth mentioning

TB

[Matt BakerMember]

bloody railway

[Mick DMember]

I wouldn’t run anything else but a UHD tube myself, admittedly they are a little harder to fit but worth the effort. In all the kms I do a year in the bush I have only ever had one flat tyre and that even tore the side wall of a brand new tyre so no tube other than a mousse was going to withstand that impact. Go the heavy duty tubes standard tubes are just false economy in my opinion.

[dennis da menaceMember]

agreed.

i have had them since my first tyre change, over a year.

done over 3000kms, only had one puncture and that was in the rock gardens of louee. that impact was big enough to dent my rim and nearly threw me off the bike.

i run 6-8psi rear and never more than 10psi front.

they are worth their weight in gold

[Steve WyethMember]

In 10,000Km of riding I have yet to experience a flat. I run UHD tubes and wouldn’t bother with non UHD tubes for the difference in price and peace of mind.

TB saw me hit a a fairly sizable rock head on at 60+ KM/h, it was big enough to kart wheel me and the bike into the bushes. Amazingly, even for a UHD tube there was no puncture!

[BrettMember]

I also run U.H.D tubes and always ‘Natural Rubber’ not synthetic, and lots of baby powder (Johnson’s of course, cause it has a higher talc content).
Most of the guys I ride with run the same, We ride sunny corner every week or so, and as you all know there is a few ‘rock gardens’ up there.
And very rarely do we do repairs.

Cheers
MacKa….

[StuartMember]

badbowie, Day2 Yellow Mountain 08, went over the bars, he can fill in the details of speed.

Broke his Leatt

No flat

Rode over 200km to finish, couldn’t go much over 100km/h

Ballards HD tube fitted, these are not that thick closer to a standard tube although they are natural rubber

Unlike Bridgestones we are soon to be fitting 4mm

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[Mick DMember]

Gnarly rim dent :ohmy: A picture says a thousand words and that there is a classic example.

[jamieMember]

Interesting pics sb_250ywhat pressures do you run for that ride?

Trashed a ballards hd tube,tire,rim lock recently and found my pressure guage was faulty and was running to a low a pressure and hit some rocks at speed etc etc

Have the michilen HD but the viper tubes are the thickest ive seen.

[Craig HattonMember]

sb_250y wrote:

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badbowie, Day2 Yellow Mountain 08, went over the bars, he can fill in the details of speed.

Broke his Leatt

No flat

Rode over 200km to finish, couldn’t go much over 100km/h

Ballards HD tube fitted, these are not that thick closer to a standard tube although they are natural rubber

Unlike Bridgestones we are soon to be fitting 4mm

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I have rims that look like that – It just makes it easier to change tyres on the trail :laugh: :laugh:

cheers Hatto

[StuartMember]

twobanger wrote:

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Interesting pics sb_250ywhat pressures do you run for that ride?

Trashed a ballards hd tube,tire,rim lock recently and found my pressure guage was faulty and was running to a low a pressure and hit some rocks at speed etc etc

Have the michilen HD but the viper tubes are the thickest ive seen.

Would have been 15PSI, normal trail ride prssure.

Vipers are Butyl rubber, yes they are thick. Still prone to pinch flats.

Tracked down bridgestone UHD’s. Very exy $55.00 rear & $50 front, these are meant to be amongst the best tubes you can buy.

[GregMember]

sb_250y wrote:

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Tracked down bridgestone UHD’s. Very exy $55.00 rear & $50 front, these are meant to be amongst the best tubes you can buy.

They are cheaper at Sutto’s and in stock, tell them you are and Old Bull and I sent you A good tube as well, I will continue with the Michelins unless I cant get them and then I would use the Bridgestones

TB

[alanMember]

i have had flats with viper front ultra heavy duty tube and a mitchelin back ultra heavy duty tube both on old bull rides both pinch flats me personaly prefer the bidgstone ones.prably just good luck to have no problems with them the mitchys look the same as the bridgstones.have none a few people to get flats with viper tubes

[glennMember]

if you dont have heavy duty tubes what pressure should you run in fronts???

[Matt BakerMember]

Boony wrote:

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if you dont have heavy duty tubes what pressure should you run in fronts???

100psi so they pop on the first bump and you can replace them with heavy duties

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