That was me. It was however on the steep section of the Angliru but I'd already had 4 uneventful days including the Lagos de Covadonga and the Alto del Gamoniteiro. Also no issues in the UK in 18 months. Summary, the Angliru is an extreme test but high temp blow outs can happen.
TPU inner tubes- any experience?
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Got ya, thanks for clarifying. Heading over to Italy later this year, not sure whether to go for the TPU's in the tyres, or whether to just take them as spares, and stick with the butyl ones that are in there.
We won't have time to do anything too involved, as it's a family holiday, so I'll probably go TPU - want to see how the Ride now ones fair - plus I don't think there will be any crazy descents.....
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Personal choice. I'm happy to use them in the UK but for European trips I am packing butyl from here on in, mostly because my objectives on those trips are the high mountains. Zoncolan is the headline act this year.
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
I just rode the C2C from Whitehaven to Tynemouth at the weekend. Had TPU tubes in and two spares and a tpu patch kit at the start. I ended up with begged and borrowed butyl in both wheels by the time I got to Tynemouth. I had a front puncture going down a 25% gradient with a t junction at the end in the Pennines. It happened right at the bottom of the hill and if I had been going faster it would have been a really issue along with other punctures. Definitely not for me in future on a rim braked bike when riding in the hills. Might be anecdotal, but not something I am willing to risk. They might be ok on discs, but I am going to stick to butyl for the moment
