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fossyant

Ride It Like You Stole It!
Location
South Manchester
Bike to work ride for us today (we have a monthly one).

On a back street we spotted some glass way too late, 100 yards later.....hisssssss

Colleague had a 28-35mm tube to go in his 23mm tyre...... :ohmy: out came a spare 23mm tube from me and gloves, and another colleague whipped out a Topeak Mountain Morph (excellent by the way) and I then sorted out said tube replacement (whilst colleague still had gloves on and was finding his bits and bobs............) :thumbsup:

All fixed in pronto time........... :thumbsup:
 

downfader

extimus uero philosophus
Location
'ampsheeeer
I've fitted one of those larger tubes to a 23 tyre before. You have to inflate to soft, squeeze and kneed the tyre, deflate a little and then pump up to the lower of the tyre values imo to ride out any creases... On my old Marin I rode on one for years with no problems.
 
While on the topic - is it bad practice to do the other way around - fit an 18-23 tube into, say, a 28mm or bigger tyre?

Normally when my wife and I are on a short Sunday ride I only carry a spare 18-23 - for myself. She rides a hybrid on 700x28C tyres. I've guessed that if she gets a 'visit' I can put in the 18-23 as a stopgap - at low pressure - to get us home. But not yet put to the test...
 

Jezston

Über Member
Location
London
While on the topic - is it bad practice to do the other way around - fit an 18-23 tube into, say, a 28mm or bigger tyre?

Normally when my wife and I are on a short Sunday ride I only carry a spare 18-23 - for myself. She rides a hybrid on 700x28C tyres. I've guessed that if she gets a 'visit' I can put in the 18-23 as a stopgap - at low pressure - to get us home. But not yet put to the test...


I guess it would mean you'd have a thinner rubber wall thus slightly more likely to get a puncture, but I've seen 18-23 tubes blown up to HUGE sizes without them bursting.
 

downfader

extimus uero philosophus
Location
'ampsheeeer
While on the topic - is it bad practice to do the other way around - fit an 18-23 tube into, say, a 28mm or bigger tyre?

Normally when my wife and I are on a short Sunday ride I only carry a spare 18-23 - for myself. She rides a hybrid on 700x28C tyres. I've guessed that if she gets a 'visit' I can put in the 18-23 as a stopgap - at low pressure - to get us home. But not yet put to the test...


We're talking about 5mm difference so it wont matter too much. The problem usually comes from a much larger tube getting folded or caught inside a small tyre.
 
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