48 mm long Schrader valves

[Blew it]

I've just found a supplier of 26 X 1.5 - 2.2 Kenda inner tubes with 48mm long Schrader valves, non slime.

Kenda Inner Tube Schrader AV : Welcome to Peddlers Cycle Store - The Cycle Experience

Their about half way down the page.

I've just phoned the chap to check the length and he has 16 in stock. £4 each plus delivery.

All the best

Bob

 

[seeker]

Thanks for info

Thanks for the link.

I've ordered a pair myself.

Cheers

Seeker

 

[Mussels]

An alternative that someone else on here found is the Continental inner tubes, they are a bit cheaper and seem very good (much better than Halfords ones anyway).

 

[carigada]

I've just found a supplier of 26 X 1.5 - 2.2 Kenda inner tubes with 48mm long Schrader valves, non slime.

/quote]


Do have anything against slime, Bob?

 

[Blew it]

Carigada

Hi,
Yes, I certainly do have a problem with slime filled tubes. To start with it very rarely does what it says on the tin (tube), and even if it does get you home, could never be seen as a permanent reliable repair, the tube would have to be replaced at the earliest convenience. No joke on a hub motored bike.

On the one occasion when it failed to seal the puncture for me, I found it impossible to get a traditional patch to stick because the "snot" kept oozing out of the hole!, I finished up walking five miles home. Not funny!!

Even on a slow day it only takes twenty minutes max to effect a traditional patch repair which can then be considered permanent.

The main reason for the thread is because the long valved tubes needed for machines such as the Wisper and Mistrals etc are not easy to come by, there is nothing to stop you adding the slime yourself if you so wish.

Oh, by the way, remember how forum members cleaned out several suppliers of Avid disc brakes, looks like the same could happen here!. I should have ask for commission! The power of the Pedelecs forum eh!!

All the best

Bob

 

[carigada]

For me it does exactly what is says on the tin and I wouldn't be without it. Where I live the Hawthorn hedge cuttings are lethal and in my pre-slime days it wouldn't be unusual to have 5 or 6 punctures in quick succession. Now I seldom if ever have to repair a puncture. When I do get a flat, it is not unusual to find so many sealed holes that it is more practical to swap to my spare tube than repair them (my record is 11 thorns in a tyre that was holding pressure until the last thorn). Mending punctures on a slimed tube is easy so long as you take a few squares of kitchen roll in your tool kit to wipe the outside of the tube dry.

I guess it's nice that we have the choice

 

[Danny-K]

On the one occasion when it failed to seal the puncture for me, I found it impossible to get a traditional patch to stick because the "snot" kept oozing out of the hole!, I finished up walking five miles home. Not funny!!

Bob; never, ever, be stranded out in the wilds, without a paddle, and up the creek because of a failed puncture mend.

Here's a tip from the world of the long-distance cycle-tourist - pack the tyre with as much roadside grass as you can find, (straw is good if near farmland), and you'll be amazed at the rapid progress you can make until you reach civilisation or home, (whichever comes first). and effect a proper repair/replacement. The grass protects the rim, (and tyre), from damage that would otherwise occur.

 

[flecc]

For me it does exactly what is says on the tin and I wouldn't be without it.

We've had several threads on the slime subject, and for the great majority it fails to do the job. It's never worked for me and the mess then makes a patching nearly impossible.

I don't find it unusual that it doesn't work for the simple reason it wasn't designed to be used in tubes. It was created for tubeless tyre emergencies where it is undoubtedly more successful, acting within a much thicker rubber layer and having more chance to seal.

The problem on tubed bike tyres is that as the tyre goes down the holes in tyre and tube can misalign, preventing the additional air needed for setting from reaching the emerging slime. That then oozes between tyre and tube creating the sticky mess.
.

 

[carigada]

I have an old retired (!) slimed inner tube hanging up in the garage with over 20 successful patches in it. The only reason I retired it is that I was doing a coast-to-coast ride and with many long steep descents (i.e. The Walna Scar road into Coniston) I had heard that heat generated by braking could make the patches de-bond, obviously catastrophic if travelling at speed.

Res ipsa loquitur. I'm convinced, but it doesn't mean you have to be.


BTW At the end of the descent, my rims were too hot to touch, and a friend's disk brakes had turned blue with the heat.

 

[John Fleet]

Hi Bob

are these suitable for the Wisper 905, do you know?

I've just cancelled an order with Wiggle placed on 30th September. Despite being out of stock they took my money and only notified me of the stock situation several days later promising new stock by the end of October. Then last week that became early December... so I need an alternative supplier to get my bike back on the road!

 

[Blew it]

John Fleet

Yes John, they are type needed for Wisper 905's, Synergie Mistral and of course any machine using the very deep vee section double walled rims.

Mine arrived yesterday and their just fine for the job.

All the best

Bob