Inner tubes

Post by **wanderinstar** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:14 pm

How much do you pay for tubes? I was quoted £15 for 13" tubes to go on A35 rims.This may be helpful http://www.tubeline.co.uk/ they did me 5 at £3.50 each. Excellent service, came next day.
ian.

Post by **rayofleamington** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:30 pm

price depends also on size - ESM do 2 sizes (135/145's for standard rims and 155/165 for Van rims - the bigger ones are more spensive...)
£3.50 isn't a bad price - you'll have to try very hard to beat that

Post by **wanderinstar** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:02 pm

These are 155/165x13, 165/175/70x13.
Ian.

Post by **bmcecosse** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:44 pm

I found 13" tubes inside two of my 14" wheels ! Seemed ok - so I put them back in when fitting new tyres!

Post by **Onne** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:22 pm

That can't be right? Why risk using the wrong size? Surely those wear away more quickly.

Post by **rayofleamington** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:59 pm

Why risk using old inner tubes....? That'll nly give more ammunition to the 'ant-tubes' camp if/when they become a problem ;-)

As for the wrong size - they expand when full of air so in the shot term it is no issue anyway but if they are seriously too small they will perish more quickly, as the rubber will be more stressed as the tube had to expand more than it was meant to (rather like baloons, they last for many months in the packet but only days when inflated)