Spare (emergency) tubes for 17" tyres?

drew
most wouldnt stock but can they order them in for you???
cheers
fozzy

Get a Rema plug repair kit. If it's fixable with a tube it is fixable with a plug. Only 1% of the time and effort is required compared to tubes. Most times you doent even need to get out the jack.

Drew I have been on some big trips, on no tracks, and have only ever ripped a wall once. When remote I always have two spares. In rough country I may do 4 or 5 plug repairs per day. I have put up to 6 plugs in a big hole to stop a leak. I don't have the skill to remove tubeless tires in the field so I don't carry tire levers, patches etc. I have found that a repair with a Rema kit is good for the life of the tyre. I buy the 100 string packs. If I suspect i'm losing air I stop and check. I must have stopped 100s of times for nothing but I have not damaged a tire by driving flat in the last 20 years, it is too expensive. 80% of the time I catch the leaks before I lose much air, they are easy to find while there is still preasure in the tire.

You are going to have trouble getting 17" ones for some time yet. I understand a 16" or even an 18" should get you somewhere. When a tyre is ripped plugs will not work. I heard a story once that a desperate man actually put two self inflating mattresses inside his torn tube and drove out of the bush with it!
I carry two 16" inner tubes with me (I have 16" wheels) plus plugs and a Beadbreaker and have never used any of them thank goodness. Actually I have practiced with the Beadbreaker on an old 14" trailer wheel. It was hard work to get the tyre off and back on. The tyre was welded to the rim with rust and the Beadbreaker man tells me the bigger the wheel the easier it is to get the tyre off and on. I did it twice to practice and the wheel had a tube in it. The second time I pinched the tube. Stuff it.
Murphy's law applies. Immediately you do not have all this stuff is the time you need them.
Richard