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..so what's the 23inch tube for then??
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Michellin make a 4mm thick tube. ===>
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Heavy duty inner tubes on the road
In a nutshell....Is it ok to use Heavy Duty or Ultra Heavy Inner Tubes on my 660 Ten? I never go off road but do long touring miles and would like to keep punctures to a minimum.
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15-06-14, 19:58
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I don't think they are designed to be more effective at resisting 'normal' punctures such as thorns and road debris. If a thorn can get through the tyre it can certainly get through an inner tube! (as happened to me a couple of times). So if you are touring and road riding, I can't see the benefit of the extra expense. Another reported issue with running ultra heavy duty tubes is that for prolonged runs on the motorway and at higher speeds they are not recommended as they get hotter and expand more leading to higher risk of failure. Personally I run a rear ultra heavy duty tube in my DRZ and have never had any problems at mway speeds loaded up for weekends away though and a mate of mine ran his KTM990 with heavy duty tube without problems. I use standard continental tubes in my tenere for both road and off road and find them to be fine. I wouldn't use an ultra heavy duty tube on my tenere to be honest as I don't need to and it would be a pain to fit!
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The only thing I'd add is, from experience, HD tubes seem to more difficult to get balanced properly. You can get them sort of ball-park accurate, but never spot on. Not so bad if you've got knobblies (which are hard to balance anyway) and you don't do many road miles, or speeds much over 50-60mph. But poorly balanced wheels can be a real ball-ache (literally) on longer runs at higher speeds and when touring. |
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Thanks guy's, I've gone off the idea!
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Only thing is this - in my experience normal tubes can tear if you get a puncture, whereas HD ones usually won't.
I find fitting and balancing tyres with HD tubes not too hard. On the other hand UHD tubes are as others have said - hard to fit and balance for road use, so I don't use them, even for my work bikes which are off-road all their lives. |
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