26x1.5" works for me. Currently using Michelin Axial Raid tires.
On Mar 1, 12:41 pm, charlie <[email protected]> wrote:
> It just makes sense to me that if the rubber has to stretch too much
> it is under tension and it gets thinner so it's easier to puncture it.
> I have some 700x47's and tubes for 35mm tires that don't seem to hold
> air as long yet the same size tube using a 32mm tire seems to hold air
> much longer. I don't know it it has any bearing but I have experienced
> this on my single speed bike too with 'narrow' tires and wider than
> for the tire, tubes. Then again, I've only had two or three flats and
> one blowout in the last 12,000 miles so maybe I don't ride enough. It
> just seems logical, if you have a choice, to use the most ideal
> combination for something as important as tires.
>
> On Mar 1, 10:27 am, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 11:33 PM, charlie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > In my mind, the more a tube has to stretch the greater the chance of a
> > > puncture. I try to use the largest volume tube of the correct diameter
> > > for the tire. In a pinch, whatever works is better than walking for
> > > ten hours.
>
> > At what point (that is, inverse ratio of tube size to tire size) has this
> > been born out in your experience? In mine, again, a 1" tube in a 38 mm tire
> > punctures no more than a 28 mm tube in a 28 mm tire.- Hide quoted text -
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