Timeline for Can I use an inner tube that's too narrow for the tyre?
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| Jun 27, 2020 at 10:54 | comment | added | Gregory Leo | @rleir I've done it numerous times and it won't fold on itself for as long as you inflate it slightly during installation and that the tube is not more than 20% wider than the tire size. | |
| Jun 21, 2020 at 17:04 | comment | added | rleir | Mathew: When you patch it, mount the tire while the glue is still a bit wet. This allows the patch to 'adjust' to the stretched shape. | |
| Jun 21, 2020 at 16:59 | comment | added | rleir | @GregoryLeo No, that can cause problems. You are likely to get the inner tube pinched between the bead and the rim while mounting the tire. You would need to be really careful while mounting the tire. | |
| May 21, 2020 at 18:34 | comment | added | Gregory Leo | An old anecdotal trick I learned from bike-riding, morning rice cake vendors is to put a tube one size larger (in terms of width, not diameter). Same-sized tubes are actually smaller than the tire's space, so a larger tube would have nearly no need to stretch, maintaining its thickness and durability. | |
| Jan 14, 2020 at 11:41 | comment | added | abdnChap | If you patch the tube using a cut out from another inner tube, this solves some of the streching problems. Still not ideal though to over stretch a punctured tube. | |
| Jan 13, 2016 at 7:06 | comment | added | Sander Heinsalu | A patch just came off my 700x18-23 inner tube in a 700x28 tire due to stretch, so I can confirm this. | |
| Jul 5, 2011 at 15:12 | vote | accept | Tom77 | ||
| Jul 5, 2011 at 14:18 | comment | added | zenbike | Agreed, no issues with doing this. | |
| Jul 5, 2011 at 13:23 | history | answered | ʍǝɥʇɐɯ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |