Quoting "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I set up an older rarely ridden mountain bike for a friend by swapping > out the knobbies for slicks, and replacing the tubes with these, > purchased on mail order from Performance Bike > > Forté MTB Thorn Resistant Schrader Tube 26 x 1.5-2.0" > > The listing says the tube is 4x thicker than normal; and I recall a > year ago installing them being surprised that they were so > heavy...duh...about 1 lb each, almost 1 kilo the pair. > > For bikes as heavy as suffering the curse that began this thread, does > that matter?
Considering how much people who live in goathead country like those Armored Rodent tires, which IMO are the next thing to concrete cart wheels, I imagine a mere kilo extra in tubes means nothing. But this thread is about narrow tubes in fat tires -- do those thornproof tubes stretch much? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
