Thanks for the info! The tubes that I have had experience with were NOT short tubes. If you took a tube and put some air into it, held it in your hand, you would see that the tube without a doubt had a weak spot.... one area would be larger or sometimes smaller than the rest of the tube... obviously a definite problem. The tubes that we had problems with were made by Specialized, although I'm sure the same thing could happen with many manufacturers.

So more than likely, the problems with all of the exploding tubes may have something to do with the above and perhaps some are short tubes as you explained....

Have a good riding weekend eceryone!