Fuck me, the price of inner tubes!

I know the pound is weak but WTF? Just spent £6 on an emergency inner tube from Cycle Surgery and then check online and they're £5.40 from Wiggle.

Time to start repairing those punctures...

Decathlon inner tubes are 2squid

tight arse

£18.49 from rapha.

Decathlon inner tubes are 2squid

also a bit shit - i've had 2 valves pull out from the tube.....

tight arse
Heh. Credit crunch, innit.

Just surprised at the cost. I haven't bought any in a while but in my head I was thinking it'd cost ~£3.50

£18.49 from rapha.
Better get me some of them - black rubber with pink valve? Nice...

raphaist.

I got a Vittoria innertube for £3.50 yesterday, blew it up within seconds of fitting it though. I might as well have thrown the £3.50 straight into the bin.

Furious_tiles apologised* for the high cost of inner tubes when I purchased one from him..
it was almost £7!

*This was before we knew that we were both forummites.

Buy them in bulk. You can normally get 20 for £30 if you shop around.

what the fuck are you gonna do with 20 inner tubes....

... start a shop?

andyp - where please?

Use them. Over a 5-7 year period. Long term planning FTW!

I got a Vittoria innertube for £3.50 yesterday, blew it up within seconds of fitting it though. I might as well have thrown the £3.50 straight into the bin.

if you broke it down into 10ps or less that could have been a good hours entertainment if the bin was a challanging distance away

Use them. Over a 5-7 year period. Long term planning FTW!

ahhh like a inner tube version of an isa.

i dont carry tools.

and its all about the tyres! FTW

andyp - where please?

The last lot I got were 20 Vittoria tubes for £30 from, I think, www.xpedia.co.uk - not sure if they are even in business anymore though as this was a few years back. I've one left so will keep an eye out for more.

last year i got 10 conti's from cycle basket @£1.50, but they have hardly any stock at the moment

Vredestein tubes £2.95ea at Ribble, inc long valve ones.

patch - the economical and environmental alternative

Buy them in bulk. You can normally get 20 for £30 if you shop around.
How come everything that is about saving money requires splashing out up front? :(

patch - the economical and environmental alternative

rubber cement - the rape of the world.

tight arse

you prefer me to have a loose dribbly arse?!?
You sick man.

£18.49 from rapha.

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also a bit shit - i've had 2 valves pull out from the tube.....

In two years of using then I've had no issues at all.

Furious_tiles apologised* for the high cost of inner tubes when I purchased one from him..
it was almost £7!

*This was before we knew that we were both forummites.

and when you left the shop he shouted Sucker! and did double handed V signs like rick from the young ones. he even did a small belm at the same time.