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  1. hi all, i don't think there's any thread on this yet.

    so , i finally got around to buying a new tread, the fireball, and got a
    nokian 24" innertube.

    along with some new cranks, assembled my new machine (realized my right
    pedal was busted for some reason, had to buy a pair of used bmx scary
    for $20).

    when i pumped the inner tube, i noticed that the fireball was really a
    lot bigger than the inner tube, and it seemed to flop around a lot.

    what should the psi in the tube be? i rode it around it just stuck to
    the ground and was really hard to ride.

    thanks for the help.

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  2. I don't know what pressure to run exactly, but definitely pump it enough
    that the tube stretches to fill the tire. Then just adjust by feel.

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  3. Make sure that the inner tube is big enough. If your tire is, say,
    24"x2.5", a standard tube (around 1.8-2) just won't work.

    Sometimes it's really hard to find a tube that fits. Over the last week,
    I've popped four tires, which has exhausted the supply of 24"x2.3" at
    the four bike shops nearest to me. The last tire I bought was a 3 inch
    BMX tire, which I had to pay 13$ for!! 🙁

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  4. In that last paragraph, tire=tube.

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  5. Quoted message said:

    I don't know what pressure to run exactly, but definitely pump it
    enough that the tube stretches to fill the tire. Then just adjust by
    feel.

    hm.. stretch, eh.. that's definitely a lot higher than where it is now

    i'll give that a shot, thanks.

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  6. YEAH, I have one of those Nokian tubes and i freaking HATE IT!!

    It's "2.1 - 3.0" tube that is really thick, but guess what. It is listed
    as a 24x3.0 tube on the udc, but actually it is a really small tube that
    is just thick enough to pump up that much and EXPAND to fill a bigger
    tire. The stupid thing flops around like crazy in my leopard 24x3.0 and
    my tire folds over all the time when i'm sidehopping now!!! I have to
    shop around now to find a real 24x3.0 tube to stop this madness. Why UDC
    couldn't keep stock of the same 24x3 tube I got OEM in my uni, who
    knows. But this tube is not cool.

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