20 inch tubes for Ghetto Tubeless

[keith]

Any pics guys? I'm keen to do a cheap conversion myself.

[TNOSE_E]

I just got 2 Continental Compact 20" tubes from Cajees. They also have the removable core............R40 each

[NotSoBigBen]

Which Cajees sir?

[turtlek]

which cajees??????????????????????

 

 

 

 

[TNOSE_E]

EastRand

[Mudsimus]

At that prices for tubes why not just buy a Joe's kit?

[turtlek]

wow when i called them looking for them they didnt have them and a spoke to the big dude with the big beard he knows about the most out f that whole place

[Marius]

will 1.75" or 1 3/8" also work??

[turtlek]

marius any 20 inch tubes will work you cut most of the tube away anyways

[Marius]

Sweet, I/m chatting to Mr.H from http://www.bmxdirect.net/ now about some tubes.

[TNOSE_E]

I have just come back from there now. I needed to swap a compact 20 slim tube(do not have removable core) for the plain compact 20 tube. He just took the tube from under the counter and swapped it for me.

 

So they do have.

[TNOSE_E]

They have also placed an order for more cause I told them there will be a run on their stock..........

[TNOSE_E]

The compact 20 slim will also work, just does not have the removable core.

 

Also got the nylon tape, same  as per the stans kit from Builders. It's called strapping tape. R20 for 5m. It's 48mm thick so you can cut the roll in half and have 10m.

TNOSE_E2008-11-04 07:52:44

[Johan Bornman]

will 1.75" or 1 3/8" also work??

 

Marius, the 20" part refers to the wheel's diameter in inches. The dimensions you mention, the 1,75 and 1 3/8 refers to the tube's diameter. This is mostly irrelevant, since any tube has enough meat in it to do just about anything.

 

Just one strange thing on your two dimensions, the first one is clearly one and a three quarter inch or 1 3/4 and the other one and three eighths or

 1 3/8 - funny how they use metric decimals on an imperial (inch) unit.  These Japanese/Taiwanese/Americans /Koreans are crazy.

 

PS - I did a ghetto conversion for Supercycling this morning - 12 minutes. That's all it takes.

 

 

 

[TNOSE_E]

I have done a few myself and it is quite scary how easy it is. Does help using a new tyre though.

My only wonder now is which liquid is best and obviously cheaper than joe's?

[MTBiker]

We will probably see a fight break out in cajees over the last 20 inch tube