Additional instructions on the RH website. [image: 0.jpg] Laing Conley
On Monday, April 22, 2024 at 8:02:25 AM UTC-4 lconley wrote: > FYI - The RH instructions say to inflate slowly and immediately deflate > the tubes completely after the tire pops into position, then reinflate. > > Laing Conley > Delray Beach FL > > On Monday, April 22, 2024 at 7:53:30 AM UTC-4 lconley wrote: > >> I received mine from Rene Herse on Saturday, hope to get them mounted >> today on my Riv Custom - 650B x 48 Switchback Hill tires on Velocity Quill >> rims. I currently have the lightweight Schwalbe butyl tubes. I use Velo >> Plugs instead of rim tape. >> I like the smooth shiny silver stems. The blue caps will end up on the >> blue Frank Jones Sr. They were already sold out of the 700C x 44 or I would >> have put the TPU tubes on it also. Another swig of the Kool-Aid..... >> >> Laing Conley >> Delray Beach FL >> >> On Friday, April 19, 2024 at 10:41:36 PM UTC-4 steve...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Last evening I mounted a pair of WTB TPU inner tubes under 700c x 48mm >>> knobby RH tires. I was pleasantly surprised by how easily they mounted up >>> with just enough inflation to plump them a bit. Easier than any butyl tubes >>> I've ever used. >>> >>> Today I took the bike out on my usual graveled forest service road >>> route, bleeding the front end down from 27 to 25 psi about 1/2 into the >>> ride My first impression is that they compare favorably to the ride feel >>> of a tubeless setup. >>> >>> Before I sip the kool aid and start buying more of these things - given >>> the cost - I'm wondering if anyone has had long term experience with them >>> (not necessarily the WTB version). Any punctures, did they patch >>> satisfactorily? Longevity? Your impressions of the quality? >>> >>> I'll add that they dropped about 200 grams of ugly fat from the wheels >>> - but that wasn't my main objective. >>> >>> Steve >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b04de548-9fc5-410d-9f7a-d962448e5fban%40googlegroups.com.
