Tube Question

[Triskeliongirl]

I always prefer to install tubes a tad smaller than the width of the tire, just cuz they are easier to install without getting pinch flats as you experienced the first time.

[uforgot]

I always prefer to install tubes a tad smaller than the width of the tire, just cuz they are easier to install without getting pinch flats as you experienced the first time.

"easier to install"...AHA! I just KNEW there had to be a reason. If it's easier to install, then I'm in!

Deb, the guy at my lbs today showed me two brands of tires that were labelled different sizes, yet when he took them out of the box they were the same size.

Thanks Deb, Dogmama, Knotted, Veronica, Triskeliongirl, and Lisa. It's great that I have a place I can ask any question. Sometimes I feel like a total bike dork, but the forum always puts me at ease.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Thanks Deb, Dogmama, Knotted, Veronica, Triskeliongirl, and Lisa. It's great that I have a place I can ask any question. Sometimes I feel like a total bike dork, but the forum always puts me at ease.

Hey I was a total bike dork only 4 short months ago! But now, thanks to this forum, my knowledgeable and patient DH, and applying myself diligently to the in-depth study of all things bicyclette for months, -I'm only a moderate bike dork!

I agree with you....I think a pale green bike with a honey saddle would be the most divine combination. Maybe one day I'll have to repaint my blue bike for some reason (the color of which I like well enough for now) and then I'll Go for it. I like a creamy pale green myself, sort of 1920's kitchen green...

[uforgot]

Hey I was a total bike dork only 4 short months ago! But now, thanks to this forum, my knowledgeable and patient DH, and applying myself diligently to the in-depth study of all things bicyclette for months, -I'm only a moderate bike dork!

I agree with you....I think a pale green bike with a honey saddle would be the most divine combination. Maybe one day I'll have to repaint my blue bike for some reason (the color of which I like well enough for now) and then I'll Go for it. I like a creamy pale green myself, sort of 1920's kitchen green...

Oh, but I LOVE the blue. I just didn't want to copy! I think that honey saddle on a Bianchi Celeste would look great also. Think we are reverting back to our childhood? My Sears & Roebuck bike was bright blue with a tan saddle and tan grips, and since I'm going to be 52 in a few weeks...maybe we have the same retro issues!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Oh, but I LOVE the blue. I just didn't want to copy! I think that honey saddle on a Bianchi Celeste would look great also. Think we are reverting back to our childhood? My Sears & Roebuck bike was bright blue with a tan saddle and tan grips, and since I'm going to be 52 in a few weeks...maybe we have the same retro issues!

Hey, you're going to LOVE being 52 on a bike! There is nothing finer!

The only other bike I ever had was when i was 12- my metallic blue Schwinn girl bike. I don't remember the saddle color, but it was some cheap vinyl thing.
Now I get to be a kid on my bike again, but this time with an AWESOME bike- and I can ride it anywhere I want whenever I want with nobody telling me what to do! Woo-HOOO!!!
Yes I do think a Celeste would look beautiful with honey leather "accoutrement".

Oops, sorry, I know this thread is supposed to be about inner tubes....
Well, when I was 12, riding my old blue Schwinn, I didn't even know I HAD inner tubes! I guess I thought the tires themselves just pumped up like balloons. I remember going to the gas station to pump them once in a blue moon when they looked flat.