I had mixed success with RH tpu. And I probably ran a little experiment unintentionally in the process. I recently built up a Joe Appaloosa and used a new tire on the front and a quite worn tire that I’ve ran tubeless for about 3k miles at least, on the back. The front has stayed strong for 500 miles of some pretty gnarly riding in the blue ridge, but the back didn’t make it very long.
I’ve since changed out the back and I think TPU requires not only supple tires, but tires that are free of any debris on the inside of the tire. My rear tire has stayed good now for about 200 miles since. I abandoned butyl a long time ago for tubeless, for the ride quality, and have now done the same for TPU. Maybe it’s placebo effect but I feel like the ride quality is so good with them (and quieter). My two cents. And for patching I only had success, with some WTB tpu tubes, after adding sealant too. Jon from DC/VA On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 7:42 AM Kesler Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e5ded1c4-3941-4f25-997e-c92a2ff01173n%40googlegroups.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/CAEQur2VaMKrD%2BnViTePFGgCusbKVhFUmOTRpGcueTDiLvdst4Q%40mail.gmail.com.
