mousse tubes

[AlexMember]

ok ok everyone hit me with their pros and cons about mousse tubes. good or bad?
:dry: im just sick of dam punctures!

[Dwayne OMember]

Hi Alex,
I have never ran Mousse` but TB will give his thoughts for sure.
I only run Ultra Heavy tubes and haven`t had a flat in 4 years now

[Nick JacksonMember]

I ran a mousse tube for a while and liked it but it was a cheaper brand and deteriorated very quickly , may have been the cheap lube , may have been the mousse ? But I could have got 4 tubes for the same price. If you get a mousse tube make sure you have at least 6 long levers as they can be a struggle to fit otherwise and you need to re lube the moose every 6 months.

My local area is rocky and has a lot of roots but with a Bridgestone ultra heavy duty tube I’ve never had a pinch flat.

Nick

[Nathan HeatherMember]

I run Michelin uhd tubes I tried vee rubber but they were not close to the quality of the michy. You have seen vids of our stuff up here and I have not had a flat yet with them. If you go for a moose you won’t need to relube it as you will easily wear out a tyre in six months. Even the front. Unless of course yo are
not riding as much a you used too
Nato

[timMember]

I was never a fan of mousses, but when a rear flat cost me big time on day 1 at the Portland A4DE I had a rethink, now after having mousses front and back I see the benefits, I love the fact you can just hit suff with out fear of a flat, reduced weight due to less spares
I purchased Ballards Linswood mousses, they work well but I don’t think they last as long as say the michelin, currently on third rear and 2 front tyres and tyres feel as though there at round 8 air pressure, rims are not hitting at the moment so maybe the mousses are currently at there best
So yes I think they are good thing

[Nathan TaylorMember]

I had a massively pinched tube with 4mm thick Michelin tube in the front. I was running pressure pretty low but, 12psi. Gone back to stantard tube but at 16psi. Would love to run Mousses. I`m not worried about the high maintainence with them but simply can`t offrd them so maybe later when I get that factory ride…..Bwaha

[Damien BonoraMember]

I run michelin UHD tubes at 14 – 16 psi depending on the terrain, havent had a flat in ages, last one was about 4 years ago from some fencing wire that was about 4 mm thick.
I can see how they would work for a pro or someone running in the 4 day, finke etc, but for your average trail hack (me) i dont think they are necessary.
just mho

[alanMember]

would love to try a mouse seem to pump my tyres up at home to 14psi get the shits with them and end up at a lot lower than that on the trail rarely get a flat except on old bull rides run bridgstone ultra heavy duty tubes that are getting dearer and harder to get.it may be cheaper to run mouses the way things are going

[GregMember]

white rocket wrote:

would love to try a mouse seem to pump my tyres up at home to 14psi get the shits with them and end up at a lot lower than that on the trail

Most of the time your mousse is around 10 to 8 psi or even less I reckon for all the years I ran them

Trailraider wrote:

I can see how they would work for a pro or someone running in the 4 day, finke etc, but for your average trail hack (me) i dont think they are necessary.
just mho

They dont run them at Finke TR, they wont handle heat or speed. The guys that use them at Safari, I mean the top teams change them every day and even then they have failures mid day

TB

[AlexMember]

cool thanks for the tips guys Nathan… I just got ma bike back to shape! im back in action

[Adrian GaleMember]

AlexEyre wrote:

ok ok everyone hit me with their pros and cons about mousse tubes. good or bad?
:dry: im just sick of dam punctures!

If you don’t want to get punctures then you need to get a mousse tube, or ride fire trails.
If you don’t change your own tyres then don’t get mousse tubes.
The Michelin mousses are the best.

Cons : set up cost. They go soft after 12 months of riding if you ride every fortnight. Don’t ride on the road with them. Don’t use Pirelli rear tyres.

Pros: ride up the crap side of the trail overtaking the tube guys as they pick their way up the clean side.

[Bob DowsettMember]

I’ve thought about using them ………………………………..

Then go for a ride with people that use them and decide not

I hate changing tyres , but can do

all that grease and crap in a mousse …..faaark me thats bullshit

who wants to do that shit especially on the trail and don’t say it doesn’t happen (failure )
seems to me that if u only ride really slow stuff or tricky stuff maybe ok

But if you ride in summer or anything with speed they can’t handle heat and fark up and then stuff ur day

I’m probably wrong but ………..care factor is minimal 😆

And as for tube guys taking the easy line Galey what sorta bullshit is that
you are always in the road and we have to take the shit line to get around you , that goes for most KTMs and any 250 as well

There have i bought up every controversial topic yet :laugh:

[James RookyardMember]

I don’t use them. Maybe I was lucky at Finke. No flat tyres. I did see one mousse tube cut in half sitting on the track at about the 200k mark though. Probably belonged to the bloke who rode into the finish of day 1 with no back tyre at all?
However…., I do like the idea of using mousse tunes and not carrying all the tyre repair gear in a bumbag.

[ChrisMember]

Wouldn’t use them again, why? Didn’t like the feel of them, can’t adjust tyre pressure, have to get someone to change them actually scrap that have to get someone to change a tube, expensive lifespan of 6months i think, If I was racing the finke or something I would consider them definately a bonus not getting flats or dented rims but for now I’ll stick with the michelin ultra heavy duty tubes, just my 2c.

Cheers
Chris.

[Adrian GaleMember]

Bob wrote:

And as for tube guys taking the easy line Galey what sorta bullshit is that
you are always in the road and we have to take the shit line to get around you , that goes for most KTMs and any 250 as well

Just like this Bob?

[video]http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMicdJvO0dk[/video]

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