AuntieK,

My bike came with Bontrager Superlight Tubes, and all was well until one group training ride, when the front tube exploded. It was a ka-pow sound -- at first we thought someone was firing a gun. The tube died a spectacular death -- there was about a foot long slit in it.

A couple of days after that, I got a flat in another Bontrager Superlight tube while the bike was awaiting a ride.

I decided that Bontrager Superlight tubes were not for me. I tried their non-superlight tubes with better luck, but I just got a flat because there was a non-patchable hole in the valve stem area.

I am expecting an order of Michelin Aircomp tubes -- I'm hoping that they're durable and that I ordered the correct valve stem length.

-- Melissa