Swytch rims

[Marchant]

Being hopelessly inept and unconfident I entrusted the fitting of my Swytch kit to a professional but the first rim burst 5x inner tubes and although Swytch were good enough to supply a replacement, the second is giving the same trouble. My bike tech says the rim is too narrow. Has anyone else experienced similar problems?
cheers, Marchant.

 

[StuartsProjects]

Only similar problem I have had with inner tubes on my Swytch rims was when I fitted some dubious (i.e. cheap) inner tubes. They did look a bit long for the rim and burst within a few miles.

No such problems with Schwalbe inner tubes.

 

[Raboa]

This is from the switch website:

What is my wheel size? - Swytch Bike

What is my wheel size? Firstly – don’t worry too much about the wheel size before ordering. We offer the kit in ANY size...

www.swytchbike.com

Maybe you need a smaller size (width) inner tube i.e. 1.25 instead of 1.5.

 

[Bonzo Banana]

If you keep getting punctures then it could be inner tube quality or the wrong type fitted. It could be lack of rim tape or maybe its a single wall rim that could do with two rim tapes because of the protruding spoke nipples. Also on cheap rims maybe they aren't completely smooth internally, check all surfaces internally by sight and a single finger to make sure there are no burrs. Maybe there is a thorn or a piece of glass in the tyre and you need to check the tyre. Maybe the inner tube is being over inflated or under inflated.

 

[StuartsProjects]

Might be helpful, to the forum, if you told us the type of puncture and where it was exacty these punctures occurred, with 5+ being burst there might be some correlation.

And details of the inner tubes you are using, thier size, the rim width and tyre size might possibly be helpful too.