I guess I need to put a pretty big asterisk beside that claim about TPU tubes. I had some grit or something inside my rear tire that caused a couple of flats. I have the feeling that butyl tubes would not be quite so "sensitive." I have also had no luck with patching the TPU tubes. They all come with patches, which is nice, but they have all failed even when I've been careful with installation. Also, because of the material not being stretchy, installation is a little harder.
All that said, the brands I've gotten are "Ride Now" and more recently "cyclami." I say all this as if I actually ride a bike. There's so much snow right now that I can't even get my bikes up and out of the basement. Heading out to do some XC skiing now with a stop afterwards at Sadie's Bikes in Turner's Falls, MA to do penance for having bought my tubes off of AlieExpress. On Friday, February 6, 2026 at 7:12:30 AM UTC-5 Bernard Duhon wrote: > > > Yours sincerely, > > > > RH has been very good about replacing "defective" Tpu tubes. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> on > behalf of Patrick Moore <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, February 5, 2026 10:42 PM > *To:* rbw-owners-bunch <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [RBW] Cheaper TPU tubes [Winter time projects/Tinkering] > > Kesler: After a bout of bad luck with the valve/tube connection with 3 > expensive Rene Herse TPU tubes (in particular, the 30 to 50 mm wide, 559 > and 584 bsd model), I’ve been wondering about alternatives. > > Can you say which makes and models you’ve found successful? And where you > bought them? > > Thanks, Patrick > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM Kesler Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > … I’ve been messing with using the cheaper TPU tubes mostly with success. > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvD%3D%2B96zCe6EtvP07z%2B%3Dt4-ydOriJD8KMWcXQXRQZgjTg%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvD%3D%2B96zCe6EtvP07z%2B%3Dt4-ydOriJD8KMWcXQXRQZgjTg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e5ded1c4-3941-4f25-997e-c92a2ff01173n%40googlegroups.com.
