On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 1:14 AM, CycloFiend <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>
> 559 tubes are no problem.
>
> As a reference, I once found myself way out of town on my 700C-shod cross
> bike, and realized upon pinch-flatting that I had swapped gear in my pack
> for an earlier ride, leaving my patch kit and 700C tubes at home while
> bringing 26" x 2.2 tubes along.   They worked (though I was pretty careful
> to seat the tires carefully) for about 5 miles of trail and 15 of road to
> get home.
>

I've used 559X2" tubes in 29er tires; the biggest problem was getting the
little tubes over the big 622 rims. (I've also used 559X1" tubes in regular
2" 26 inch mountain bike tires; no problems.)

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