I'm watching TPUs, RH TPUs in particular, for possible use if they find a workable sealant, and this fails to inspire confidence, particularly as RH claims strong metal valves as a competitive advantage. But presumably RH will replace or refund for the defective tubes?
On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 10:51 AM Ted Durant <teddur...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday, April 22, 2024 at 7:02:25 AM UTC-5 lconley wrote: > > FYI - The RH instructions say to inflate slowly and immediately deflate > the tubes completely after the tire pops into position, then reinflate. > > > Well, I put them on my Riv Road today, was very careful with the > installation, and had the same result. One of the tubes broke at the valve > stem immediately on inflation in the tire. The rims are narrow Fir, and the > tires are a pretty tight fit. I used levers to remove the tire but was able > to reinstall without levers. New tires with only a few rides on them. > > So, I've needed 6 tubes to get 4 tires going. That makes the economics a > little harder to justify. It also makes carrying a new one as a spare a bit > of Russian roulette. > > Ted Durant > Milwaukee WI USA > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f071a168-8a07-4310-a19e-f92415039d8an%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f071a168-8a07-4310-a19e-f92415039d8an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgsrYFoe6tZ78uACo5Uy0CuvKcLBJN3-GRcA%2BA6jY2VZAg%40mail.gmail.com.
