Schwalbe seems to be the way to go! I had some on a bike I sold, and no problems. Of course the Q-tubes are problem free on the other rims as well... :-)
On Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 6:48:21 AM UTC-7, Philip Kim wrote: > > I've never had good experiences with Q tubes and Kenda tubes. I switched > to schwalbe and have never looked back since. Same rims, same tires. > > On Friday, September 18, 2015 at 4:17:08 PM UTC-4, cyclot...@gmail.com > wrote: >> >> Interesting thought. They are Q-tubes. 700X35-43mm. >> But, the exact same tubes I have on six bikes, including the rear wheel >> on this one w/ same Synergy rims. This is the only rim out of 12 that is >> doing this??? >> >> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 12:19 PM, David Banzer <daba...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> What tubes were you using? It sounds more like defective tubes than a >>> defective rim. >>> David >>> Chicago >>> >>> >>> On Friday, September 18, 2015 at 1:54:10 PM UTC-5, cyclot...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Third flat in two years from valve stem ripping out of the tube on my >>>> front Velocity Synergy rim. First two were catastrophic during rides, >>>> almost dumping me. The third time was this morning when I went out to the >>>> garage. >>>> >>>> Rim tape seems fine. No burrs on valve stem hole. I put an extra layer >>>> of Velox tape over to reinforce the area. Cut out a small 1X1cm of tube >>>> and >>>> slipped over the valve stem to reinforce that. I don't over-tighten the >>>> valve lock-nut and am leaving it off after this morning repair. >>>> >>>> Running out of options here! Any suggestion? If not, is this possibly a >>>> warranty issue for defective rim? I'd hate to send it back and have >>>> Velocity write about me on their blog. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Cheers, >>>> David >>>> >>>> Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace >>>> >>>> "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> David >> >> Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace >> >> "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal >> >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
