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and im pretty sure a tyre shouldnt look like the elephant man's forehead when pumped up, outside a tyre i mean.

I avoid them too. Seem too fragile for my liking.

picked up 6 spesh tubes for £12 for a hybrid last year from a random shop. Within a few weeks they had all burst or had slow punctures from between the plastic welds (right term?)/ seam of the rubber.
Utter shite, or least the batch I had were.

Lesson learned... Tubes, *too *cheap to be true? Yes, they are too cheap to be true. AVOID

also Evans is a good place to pick up cheap fahg's.
Price motch for the win.

and im pretty sure a tyre shouldnt look like the elephant man's forehead when pumped up, outside a tyre i mean.

Yes that is normal.

seams bursting at 100psi in the same place on every tube isn't an installation error.

This seems like it's a problem with the rim/ tyre /rim tape

I've been through this extensively. I had brand new everything. The problem was solved when I used a different brand innertube.

To be completely honest 99% problems I ever came across with inner tubes were user error

I was a bike mechanic for 5 years when i was a student

I've been through this extensively. I had brand new everything. The problem was solved when I used a different brand innertube.

sooooo let me get this straight, having a puncture/failure in the same place on a number of innertubes isn't a problem with the rim/rim tape which by design, stays in the same place in relation to the tube... riiiiiiggggggghhhhttttttt ok

They work well enough for polo bikes surely.

And I rode for 2 years on them on my Bob Jackson and never had a problem... maybe those with problems kept pinch-puncturing them when fitting?

+1 never had a problem other than when i caught one between rim and tube. perhaps people's rim tape is dodgy... had far more success with specialized tubes, than conti's

tried moving it round, tried moving the tyre round. Like I said, I tried it extensively can't be arsed going in to it again. The problem went away with different brand innertubes. Thanks for thinking I'm an idiot though.

+1 never had a problem other than when i caught one between rim and tube. perhaps people's rim tape is dodgy... had far more success with specialized tubes, than conti's

have to agree with this, the amount of issues with conti and the replaceable valves being loose or broken. Never had an issue with any specialized or schwable tube

spesh tubes are fine. ive never had a single problem wioth them.

Evans however are shit, not all the employees, just evans

Spesh inner tube are fine, we rarely ever have problem with them (it is after all our most used tube).

Sound like you got bad batches.

Vittoria tubes guys.

I was a bike mechanic for 5 years when i was a student

awesome! how's that working out for you?

awesome! how's that working out for you?

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Great, haven't touched a bike - apart from mine - in 3 years.

i think its amazing how people can think spesh/conti tubes as a whole are awful. they are produced in such massive quantities, occasionally you will get a duff one whatever brand you buy. if you are having repeat problems "same place different tube" its your own damn fault. for the record, im running my both a specialized and a conti in my road bike at 125 psi at the moment, man up. fit your tyres right.

Spesh inners are lower-end quality, with upper end prices. That takes the piss.

Shit it. Evans had the Project 2 26" fork at £45, I let it go for a few days before sitting down to order some things and now they're discontinued. Anyone know if Kona are bringing out a new revision of the fork?

Discontinued usually mean we ran out of stock, rather than the company not making anymore of them.

Bear in mind the modern p2 have a suspension corrected 85mm of travel, I reckon it'll be fine, but worth checking.

Going back to work to double check, I have them on my bike, heavier than the old one (1000g compare to the early noughtie one of 800g).

Evans still doing price match?
If so can i be from anywhere online and in any evans shop? Need a evo mini.

yes, yes and yes

still doing it, make sure the website you've printed off (or show us on your internet based phone) have the exact one in stock.

Cool thanks.
Are they cool about it, or do they get funny. 'Hi, i want to buy these from you, just wait while i get my phone out and search for it cheaper online!'