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Cheers, ordered. Just the thing for dry weather commuting and can wear round the office. I'd prefer without the branding but not a big problem.
avecReynolds531
Veteran
- Location
- Small Island
Discounted Ritchey (road & offroad) tyres from £8 to £16: https://www.bananaindustries.co.uk/search?filter.v.availability=1&q=ritchey
Not the bargain of the year by any means, but Amazon have the Pirelli P-Zero TPU tube with a 60mm long valve for £12.99 each, about half the usual RRP.
Tubey things
I have a few of these, and some of the Ridenow mega cheap ones, and it's fair to say the Pirelli's are clearly that bit better made, not that I have had issues with the RN tubes.
With these Pirelli tubes, they hold, and jeep the air in incredibly well, if they are on a bike you don't use for a fair portion of the year, unlike latex, which loses air as soon you look away, these hold it for AGES, it's very impressive.
The other main plus point, is that they are black and yellow - some TPU tubes have orange valves, imagine having those stuck through your wheel rims on display to everyone
The other more pertinent plus point is that they take up very little space, and also weigh very little versus butyl tubes.
I like to leave the house with two spare tubes, and due to the size of these, combined with using a ride wallet thing (Within which I can fit my phone, keys, tyre levers, multi tool and two of these tubes) I can also now do without a saddlebag.
Across the 4 tubes (2 in the tyres, 2 in my jersey, plus the loss off the saddlebag) it's saved ME over 500g in weight.
Cyclestore & Tweeks sell the repair kits for £5.99, Amazon are trying to knock it out for £12.99!
Tubey things
I have a few of these, and some of the Ridenow mega cheap ones, and it's fair to say the Pirelli's are clearly that bit better made, not that I have had issues with the RN tubes.
With these Pirelli tubes, they hold, and jeep the air in incredibly well, if they are on a bike you don't use for a fair portion of the year, unlike latex, which loses air as soon you look away, these hold it for AGES, it's very impressive.
The other main plus point, is that they are black and yellow - some TPU tubes have orange valves, imagine having those stuck through your wheel rims on display to everyone
The other more pertinent plus point is that they take up very little space, and also weigh very little versus butyl tubes.
I like to leave the house with two spare tubes, and due to the size of these, combined with using a ride wallet thing (Within which I can fit my phone, keys, tyre levers, multi tool and two of these tubes) I can also now do without a saddlebag.
Across the 4 tubes (2 in the tyres, 2 in my jersey, plus the loss off the saddlebag) it's saved ME over 500g in weight.
Cyclestore & Tweeks sell the repair kits for £5.99, Amazon are trying to knock it out for £12.99!
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Pblakeney
Active Member
Found a report online that electrical tape works as a patch on TPU. Tried & tested, it does indeed work!
Test for yourself in the comfort and safety of at home for reassurance.
dicko
Guru
- Location
- Derbyshire
Middle of Lidl today they are selling rechargeable electric tyre pumps for cycle, car and motorcycles £29.99 looks really handy
Evil_Breakfast
Regular
Also in this weeks 'middle of Lidl' is a (Crivit branded) torque wrench for 12.99/14.99.
Bought.
Looked at it but a touch heavy and you would not want it in a jersey back pocket for long. Fine I would think for someone solely using an ebike.
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- Location
- Glasgow
Or for someone that always has panniers fitted
I'm having a think about that pump, could anyone that bought it leave a short review while Lidl is still selling it, please?
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Looking at the Lidl pump it's quite large. I have this one, which is £40 - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/356055264581 It's much smaller and comes with a chunky rubber cover, that I don't use.
- Location
- Glasgow
sevenfourate
Devotee of OCD
- Location
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
Or a smidge under £25 here: 😉
I just found this on AliExpress: ￡55.98 | Ultralight Bike Air Electric Pump CYCLAMI A3 100psi Portable Pocket Tire Inflator For MTB Road Bicycle Motorcycle Aluminum Alloy
https://a.aliexpress.com/_Evg1Vdq
