Fuck me, the price of inner tubes!

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sohi

Update on my Tannus armour inserts. Today I had my first puncture on the front. Can't really find the reason, the hole on the tube is on the rim side and I can't find anything on the rim bed or any cuts or holes on the tyre. The most worrying part is that the insert was covered with rubber shavings that it rubbed off the tyre and the same amount was still in the tyre itself which made the search for a hole quite annoying.
That must rob a lot of energy and I don't know if it will eventually damage the tyre.

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edscoble in reply to @sohi

Sound like friction resulting in the tube getting punctured, very common with tyres insert.

Tyres insert need to be set at quite a high pressure in order for it to not move inside when riding (if you like to ride with a low or moderate pressure, you’re fucked).

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sohi in reply to @edscoble

Does that cause some different puncture shape on the tube? I could only find a small pin hole.
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hippy in reply to @edscoble

Are you talking about tubeless tyre inserts or Tannus "armour"?

Moving around still doesn't explain a hole on the rim side. Low pressure tubes would do this all the time if it was the case.

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