When I ordered 650b Foss tubes I received 26 inchers, and assumed that it was intentional on Riv's part. I subsequently had a lot of problems with them. Guess I should have given a call and asked.
On Thursday, January 24, 2013 1:47:07 PM UTC-7, William wrote: > > Rene > > Last time I was there at Riv HQ I scanned the garage-sale leftovers table. > I scored an A Homer Hilsen cap that only fits freakishly large domes like > mine. Under the table were the Foss tubes for $10. They were mostly or > all 650B x Fat. I asked Vince about it and he said that it seems that > "they weren't what people thought they were". I took that to mean that > enough people complained about them that they decided to simplify and stop > carrying them. One misperception I can imagine people having is that they > are flat-proof. I've had two flats with Foss tubes. I was pleased that > they were trivially easy to patch with the Fossy patches, but I would have > been bummed if I thought they were flat-proof and hadn't bought the special > patches. > > The other weird thing about them that I have noticed is that they seem to > have thinned out at the rim well, where they are pressed against the > adhesive rim strip. I just swapped tires on the Hilsen last night and > pulled them out. The poly material seems paper thin in that area now. > Maybe if that gets much thinner I'll start to see slow de-pressurizing > like you? > > I'm still using the Foss tubes, one pair of 650xnarrow and I have one pair > of 650xFAT for when I run knobbies on the Bomba. I'm not throwing them > out, but all my backstock of 650B tubes are now Schwalbes. > > > On Thursday, January 24, 2013 11:54:37 AM UTC-8, René wrote: >> >> I have Foss tubes on my Betty. The rear one is losing air perceptbly >> every day, but at a very slow rate so it doesn't go flat in a day but I can >> tell the difference from morning (pumped before I leave the house) to >> evening when I ride back. >> >> I'm going to pull the tube out to see if I can detect anything, but was >> wondering what the overall feeling is for these now. Keep them or go back >> to Schwalbe tubes? >> >> Riv doesn't seem to be selling them anymore... is that a clue? >> >> René >> > On Thursday, January 24, 2013 1:47:07 PM UTC-7, William wrote: > > Rene > > Last time I was there at Riv HQ I scanned the garage-sale leftovers table. > I scored an A Homer Hilsen cap that only fits freakishly large domes like > mine. Under the table were the Foss tubes for $10. They were mostly or > all 650B x Fat. I asked Vince about it and he said that it seems that > "they weren't what people thought they were". I took that to mean that > enough people complained about them that they decided to simplify and stop > carrying them. One misperception I can imagine people having is that they > are flat-proof. I've had two flats with Foss tubes. I was pleased that > they were trivially easy to patch with the Fossy patches, but I would have > been bummed if I thought they were flat-proof and hadn't bought the special > patches. > > The other weird thing about them that I have noticed is that they seem to > have thinned out at the rim well, where they are pressed against the > adhesive rim strip. I just swapped tires on the Hilsen last night and > pulled them out. The poly material seems paper thin in that area now. > Maybe if that gets much thinner I'll start to see slow de-pressurizing > like you? > > I'm still using the Foss tubes, one pair of 650xnarrow and I have one pair > of 650xFAT for when I run knobbies on the Bomba. I'm not throwing them > out, but all my backstock of 650B tubes are now Schwalbes. > > > On Thursday, January 24, 2013 11:54:37 AM UTC-8, René wrote: >> >> I have Foss tubes on my Betty. The rear one is losing air perceptbly >> every day, but at a very slow rate so it doesn't go flat in a day but I can >> tell the difference from morning (pumped before I leave the house) to >> evening when I ride back. >> >> I'm going to pull the tube out to see if I can detect anything, but was >> wondering what the overall feeling is for these now. Keep them or go back >> to Schwalbe tubes? >> >> Riv doesn't seem to be selling them anymore... is that a clue? >> >> René >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
