Like new tires, I refuse to ride on new tubes...a month or so? out of the box? flat.
I save tubes that were holding air on orig bikes, old USA made tires..have a ton
of them. way better insurance policy than most new tubes I've wasted money on.
I refuse to ride on 'new' (china or where ever) repop tires mainly in keeping with
the authenticity of the bike. Only had one vintage/antique tire blow out on a ride.
Sad that the world has come down to profit over quality...same in so many departments.
My washer unit crapped out a month or so back. Was hitting Craigslist for a replacement and even
went to a shop that refurbs old washer and dryers. Dude told me if I'm buying used..get one
20 years old or so. The new $ are totally problematic junk. He was even stoked to buy
my non working 20 year old (cheapie CL score for 40 bucks that lasted 11 years) one back
to fix and resell. I ended up finding an older washer on Craigs for 50 bux locally...
thing works great. I am recycling and not contributing to the mass production of cheap
garbage selling for insane gouge the idiot consumer prices in retail outlets.