Also don’t put the valve blocker because you cannot repump your tube with it!! You pump cannot fully cover the valve! The valve blocker is good for a 60mm rip with 85mm tube valve which sticks out a lot and can move. This is what I have. In my case a valve blocker makes sense and I could still put my pump fully on the valve
Report after my first ride: I did a 30 mile bike ride to test out the tube and it felt pretty good. However, I noticed that the tube was losing air very quickly. I took the tube out and found a tiny, needle-sized puncture, so I don't think the Ridenow is more resistant to puncture than a standard butyl tube. I had a Ironman 70.3 race last weekend and I didn't want to take any risk, so I ended up using my remaining Pirelli Smartube with a valve stem extension for my rear tire and it held up well for the race. I carried the Ridenow as my spare tube for the race due to its size and weight and I have to test it out more to see how reliable they are.
Great point and thanks for calling this out. BTW, regarding the tube, I had to use it yesterday when I got a flat during a race. The first one didn't work out because it slipped out from the tire when I was inflating it and created this huge bubble that couldn't deflate. The second one worked and carried me through the reminder of the course (about 66 miles), but it deflated quite a bit when I checked it at night. Overall, it's an inexpensive product that is great for emergencies, but I don't think that I can count on it.
@@howtotriathlon no when they work, they work perfectly well. Some are faulty but when they’re not faulty they last for months with almost 0 leakage!! Some of them hold air for weeks just like Butyl it’s impressive. They newer version in 24g isn’t available yet it seems though
The 19 and 24gram versions with the plastic stem tend to get more flats...I switched to the 36grams version for better protection..the newer "race formula" 36grams version with the improved stem are even better
Also don’t put the valve blocker because you cannot repump your tube with it!! You pump cannot fully cover the valve! The valve blocker is good for a 60mm rip with 85mm tube valve which sticks out a lot and can move. This is what I have. In my case a valve blocker makes sense and I could still put my pump fully on the valve
You are right. I noticed that when I wanted to check the pressure and the gauge couldn't go all the way in until I removed the blocker.
@@howtotriathlon exactly what I thought. In your case the sticker around the valve will suffice to hold what little valve sticks out
Report after my first ride: I did a 30 mile bike ride to test out the tube and it felt pretty good. However, I noticed that the tube was losing air very quickly. I took the tube out and found a tiny, needle-sized puncture, so I don't think the Ridenow is more resistant to puncture than a standard butyl tube. I had a Ironman 70.3 race last weekend and I didn't want to take any risk, so I ended up using my remaining Pirelli Smartube with a valve stem extension for my rear tire and it held up well for the race. I carried the Ridenow as my spare tube for the race due to its size and weight and I have to test it out more to see how reliable they are.
You didn't unbox it or check the free patch kit inside the manual
Great point and thanks for calling this out. BTW, regarding the tube, I had to use it yesterday when I got a flat during a race. The first one didn't work out because it slipped out from the tire when I was inflating it and created this huge bubble that couldn't deflate. The second one worked and carried me through the reminder of the course (about 66 miles), but it deflated quite a bit when I checked it at night. Overall, it's an inexpensive product that is great for emergencies, but I don't think that I can count on it.
Bro go for the 24g version!!
Any downside on the lighter version? Like puncture resistance, etc.
@@howtotriathlon no when they work, they work perfectly well. Some are faulty but when they’re not faulty they last for months with almost 0 leakage!! Some of them hold air for weeks just like Butyl it’s impressive. They newer version in 24g isn’t available yet it seems though
The 19 and 24gram versions with the plastic stem tend to get more flats...I switched to the 36grams version for better protection..the newer "race formula" 36grams version with the improved stem are even better
@@LOGICAL-JAY 19g version very flimsy indeed, they stopped doing it. 24g all good
@@SamuelBlackMetalRider so true..they were good in weight but would catch flats because they were too thin