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Originally Posted by Glassplat
What brand of tubes are you using....I ask because MEC tubes were getting slaughtered on their reviews for being garbage. Personal experience confirms this. I switched to Continental tubes about 4 years ago and have had no out of the ordinary problems.
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Same experience. The MEC tubes 3-4 years ago for both mtb and road were junk. What really pissed me off was when failed to even inflate the first time since the stem wasn’t even fully attached. So I’ve generally fine with Conti tubes or whatever Bow Cycle has. That said I’m half tubeless across my bikes plus rarely get flats plus reuse tubes so get a lot of life from them. That said using a larger size rated tube in a smaller size tire stresses the rubber less and so you get longer life IMO. But a nail or thorn or sharp twig or Rock can still flat ya.