Spare Tube?

[Trekrider Banned Find all posts View Profile Close Trekrider]

I'm looking at doing a one week charity run next year and on the list of mandatory items besides two complete spare wheels (not a problem for me now) is a new spare tube.

I was in a well known tyre place the other day and asked about this and they said that with the 17" factory alloys I have fitted I can't fit a tube. They offered to give me a spare tube to carry so that I was compliant but said it would be totally useless to me.

Anyone know if this is a true statement?

Thanks

[BrettM Member Find all posts View Profile Close BrettM]

Won't they accept a tableless repair kit instead of a tube ?

[Trekrider Banned Find all posts View Profile Close Trekrider]

Won't they accept a tableless repair kit instead of a tube ?

No mate, you have to have a repair kit as well. I think they are going to extremes that are probably not needed.

[Shan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Shan]

When you have two full spares... who the hell wants to carry a tube around ???
Surely they are again referring to those old 2wd/AWD cars they mentioned.

Ohh wait!! may be to throw into the campfire at the end to get rid of the mossies

[derek11 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close derek11]

Great for floating around on in a river or dam at the end of a hard day 4wd.

[Bear63 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bear63]

I'm looking at doing a one week charity run next year and on the list of mandatory items besides two complete spare wheels (not a problem for me now) is a new spare tube.

I was in a well known tyre place the other day and asked about this and they said that with the 17" factory alloys I have fitted I can't fit a tube. They offered to give me a spare tube to carry so that I was compliant but said it would be totally useless to me.

Anyone know if this is a true statement?

Thanks

They are exactly right,i have 18 years in the tyre industry and fitting tubes to tyres in an effort to fix a problem was one of my biggest sellers of a new tyre,if a tubeless tyre can't be fixed by a tubeless repair the tyre is usually unfixable ,a tube just a stop gap repair as a lot of modern tyres arn't designed to have tubes fitted

[wastegate Member Find all posts View Profile Close wastegate]

Strange as I would have thought the bead sealing properties in today's tubeless tyres was the main reason for inner tubes being redundant. The inner surface of a tubeless tyre looks rough as guts, at least my spare Cooper ST is so don't imagine a rubber inner lasting too long against something akin to a woodworkers rasp!

[Trekrider Banned Find all posts View Profile Close Trekrider]

Thanks for confirming guys, I guess I will take them up on the offer of a tube so that I'm compliant and forget about it.

[hulbyw Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close hulbyw]

You have done well to be offered a tube. When I tried a few years ago, 17" tubes were not being manufactured. Wouldn't be surprised if you will be getting a 16" tube and if you have to fit it, you will have to give it a big stretch. Anything to make the rule makers happy I guess.Heaps of fun for floating down a river though
Cheers..........wayne

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

Guess that tube I got for my madigans trip was a waste of money then! I suppose they won't fit the speedy alloys either then.

We put a tube in a badly torn tyre on a Pajero on the Madigans trip, not safe for highway driving but got him across the desert.

Cheers Andrew

[Trekrider Banned Find all posts View Profile Close Trekrider]

Guess that tube I got for my madigans trip was a waste of money then!

I did notice you had a tube on your equipment list Andrew

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

I did notice you had a tube on your equipment list Andrew

Still carrying it actually. Might keep it on board anyway, I cant swim 2 strikes if my life depended on it so could be useful as a floatie

Cheers Andrew