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What have been your experiences with recent Custom Classic tubes?

Post by 1925 Touring » Tue Jul 29, 2025 10:31 pm

Pretty much the title says it all...
I'd be interested in your recent experiences with custom classic tubes. I ordered 4 tubes and did not know they were custom classics until I opened the box. I don't plan on returning them, I opened one and it looks ok, kinda thin, but ok.
I know Steve Jelf had problems and has mentioned that custom classics had a bad run of tubes for a while...

Also, what would be a good tube patch kit while I'm on the subject. I'm kind of nieve when it comes to tire and tube repair. Are harsware store kits for radial tires useable for high pressure tubes too?

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Re: What have been your experiences with recent Custom Classic tubes?

Post by Steve Jelf » Tue Jul 29, 2025 10:59 pm

By now they may be perfectly OK. My bad experience with them years ago has caused me to avoid them in case any of the defective ones are still around. The chance of getting another of those bad ones prompted my practice of specifying Hartfords.
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Re: What have been your experiences with recent Custom Classic tubes?

Post by Allan » Tue Jul 29, 2025 11:34 pm

Tubes today are not rubber, so vulcanising patches no longer work. You need a stick on patch and solution. There are two types. Blue backed ones are for repairing laks in tubeless tyres. The orange backed ones are for tubes.
Follow the directions in the kit for fitting.

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Re: What have been your experiences with recent Custom Classic tubes?

Post by Dan jensen » Wed Jul 30, 2025 5:58 pm

I had one blow out while driving home from from a club outing. Next month another one blew out. They were about a month or two old. I Replaced them with Hartford tubes, and those split along the lines moulded into the rubber about a week after mounting them. I never drove on the Hartford tubes. I replaced all 4 tubes with new tubes form European Classics, they have been good for about a year now. They were installed in new Blockley tires.
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