which tubes do you recommend?

[swl7]

so I'm guessing my tubes were punctured (hopefully not my tires) when I was going through some technical stuff here in Austin. Do you guys recommend any tubes that I can order or get at the LBS?

What tubes do the airborne guardians come with?

[swildnm]

The tubes that came in my guardian were standard thin Kendas. I don't run tubes so I don't really have a suggestion.

[zukrider]

have you considered fixing the flat? its really simple. but, if you are going to replace them, get some thorn resistant tubes with green slime, or switch to tubeless.

[swl7]

by fixing the flat, do you mean patching it up? Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a new tube and get some extras along the way? I was thinking of picking up the Forte's from my local Performance Bicycles.

As for tubeless... I still don't really understand how I would do it (I've seen youtube), and whether or not it would really be worth it for me.

[zukrider]

not a chance that it is cheaper. a patch kit at performance is like $.99 or so. new tubes with thorn resistance are a good idea, but a flat fix is good to know how to do. i always ride with one spare tube and a flat kit with a pump. ALWAYS.

did you flat the rear? buy a thorn tube for that one, fix the flat on the current tube, and use it for a spare. simple. im a fan of slime tubes cause when you get punctures, the slime helps seal them.

also, im not a tubeless guy. not yet at least. tubes are simple, which i like. just sucks to get snake bites.

[swl7]

cool thanks. yeah, my rear got the flat. I will try to look for a thorn tube w/ slime at performance and also purchase a patch kit and fix up my current tube.

on the side note, I noticed how noob I am. For the longest time, I thought snake bites actually referred to snakes biting your tires on the trails. lmao.... oh man. i thank Google.

[swl7]

funny. looks like it wasn't a flat. the presta valve was slightly opened and air just leaked over night. made sure i locked it but got some spare tubes anyway

[poontank]

In case you ever need it, I put this flat change tutorial together for my LBS. Enjoy!

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