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26 Inch Inner Tube

Fail

Prices span $3.51–$12.45, mostly outside the sweet spot, so 26 Inch Inner Tube is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 463 of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · −2 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£122K/yr96K searches / yr
90-day growth
+59.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
76%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 30 sellers

Flapen Score

26 Inch Inner Tube against its category

The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, 26 Inch Inner Tube is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 26 Inch Inner Tube market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 26 Inch Inner Tube 96K times last year and spent an estimated £122K. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jul–Sep. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

14.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 96K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +59.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £122K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
96K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+59.8%
Conversion, latest week
14.7%
Market size, estimated
£122Ka year
Peak month
September4.2× the quietest month
Top search term
26 inch inner tube58K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.60.

Listings sell for £8.60 on average, from £3.51 to £12.45. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £8.60 that is £6K to £9K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.60under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.51–£12.45
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£6K–£9K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

67% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #119 within Cycling. It carries 1,828 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
67%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#119in Cycling
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,828per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 77 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
77 months

Products

Top 26 Inch Inner Tube products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 76% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£12K£24K£37K£49K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

30

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

2%

  • Continental42%
  • Schwalbe19%
  • Continental MTB 26 Inner Tubes13%
  • YunSCM10%
  • Mitas8%
  • WEIDMAX7%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)

Demand

26 Inch Inner Tube search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

7K5KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jul, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.2×

Search terms

Top 26 Inch Inner Tube search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • 26 inch inner tube58K/yr
  • inner tube 268K/yr
  • 26inch inner tube5K/yr
  • 26 inner tube5K/yr
  • inner tube 26 x 2.104K/yr
  • bike inner tube 26 x 2.103K/yr
  • 26x2.10 inner tube4K/yr
  • 26 x 2.10 inner tube3K/yr
  • 26 inch bike tube3K/yr
  • mountain bike inner tubes 26 inch3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 26 Inch Inner Tube

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Quality-Overall38%−0.09

Just has cheap as buying a repair kit

Utter rubbish from big brand

Not great quality

Leak-Proof10%

Unfortunately got leaked on the first day

Lasted less than a day before it went flat through air leaking out of the valve

Leaked on first day

Durability8%−0.07

Broke- in exactly the same spot

Lasted less than a day before it went flat through air leaking out of the valve

Popped after the first time using it

Add-Ons/Attachments7%−0.06

Failed at valve to tube attachment

Both tubes failed at valve to tube attachment

Thickness7%+0.04

Its was very nuce

Love

Quality-Overall38%−0.09

Great quality Great price arrived on time

easy to setup, and good quality

Excellent product

Size-Overall19%+0.82

Fits perfect

very easy to fit

As described - easily fitted

Advertised Vs Actual Product16%+1.01

It does what it should

Exactly what you need

Its what I ordered

Value For Money12%+1.70

Value for price

reasonable price

Good product, value for money

Ease Of Use4%+0.48

Easy to use and worked well

My bike tube was easy to fix and straightforward

very handy

Return

0.7% Return rate 75% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall67%█▆▇▇▇▇

Not fit for purpose

Leak-Proof6%█▂▂▅▁▅

Unfortunately got leaked on the first day

Lasted less than a day before it went flat through air leaking out of the valve

Leaked on first day

Inflation/Deflation5%█▆▄▇▇▅
Advertised Vs Actual Product3%▁▅█▂▃▂
Defective Material/Parts3%▁█▂▂▁▃

FAQ

Common 26 Inch Inner Tube questions

Answered from the same tracked data.