Comments on: Lightweight Tubes? http://twentynineinches.com/2006/07/13/lightweight-tubes/ 29er Bike Reviews, Rumors and News Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:19:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: JMAT http://twentynineinches.com/2006/07/13/lightweight-tubes/#comment-4198 JMAT Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:08:51 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=291#comment-4198 Bikeman.com has salsa sl tubes for the 29er tires... I believe they are about 176g each.... $7.95 a tube. Bikeman.com has salsa sl tubes for the 29er tires… I believe they are about 176g each….

$7.95 a tube.

]]> By: bikegod29 http://twentynineinches.com/2006/07/13/lightweight-tubes/#comment-2664 bikegod29 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 21:23:54 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=291#comment-2664 hey man live a little. keep the latex in the bedroom. i have had great luck with 700 x 28/32 ( road touring tubes) much more durable than latex, and hella lots cheaper. by default i am currently even running a 26 x 1.25-1.50 atb tube I needed to steal from my tandem... i have experience with using 700x18-23 superlight tubes...and i got a few flats...not excessive just a hassle hey man live a little. keep the latex in the bedroom.
i have had great luck with 700 x 28/32 ( road touring tubes)
much more durable than latex, and hella lots cheaper.
by default i am currently even running a 26 x 1.25-1.50 atb tube I needed to steal from my tandem…
i have experience with using 700×18-23 superlight tubes…and i got a few flats…not excessive just a hassle

]]> By: realbiker http://twentynineinches.com/2006/07/13/lightweight-tubes/#comment-2620 realbiker Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:16:18 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=291#comment-2620 I use the michelin latex 26" tubes since two years and did not have one single flat tire - they are great and light !!! I use the michelin latex 26″ tubes since two years and did not have one single flat tire - they are great and light !!!

]]> By: Hicker http://twentynineinches.com/2006/07/13/lightweight-tubes/#comment-2595 Hicker Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:21:39 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=291#comment-2595 I will try 26" Michelin Latex as well. Less rolling resistance, less flat tires, more pumpin, just better tubes. And wolfy, dont use these tubes for other hobbies, would hurt. I will try 26″ Michelin Latex as well. Less rolling resistance, less flat tires, more pumpin, just better tubes. And wolfy, dont use these tubes for other hobbies, would hurt.

]]> By: wolfy http://twentynineinches.com/2006/07/13/lightweight-tubes/#comment-2588 wolfy Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:17:49 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=291#comment-2588 Yeah. 26er tubes work find in 29er tires. At least the butyl ones. I don't know anything about latex. I mean for tubes. I know all about other kinds of latex. I guess those are tubes too. Anyway. What's the deal with latex tubes? -M Yeah. 26er tubes work find in 29er tires. At least the butyl ones. I don’t know anything about latex. I mean for tubes. I know all about other kinds of latex. I guess those are tubes too. Anyway. What’s the deal with latex tubes?

-M

]]> By: Cloxxki http://twentynineinches.com/2006/07/13/lightweight-tubes/#comment-2587 Cloxxki Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:04:26 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=291#comment-2587 Just use the 26" Michelin Latex, it's the best rolling tube in the world, and super-easy to mount 29" due to it's slick surface. Great results for me, faster and grippier riding than with butyl tubes. Near zero flat. Just use the 26″ Michelin Latex, it’s the best rolling tube in the world, and super-easy to mount 29″ due to it’s slick surface. Great results for me, faster and grippier riding than with butyl tubes. Near zero flat.

]]> By: funkenstein http://twentynineinches.com/2006/07/13/lightweight-tubes/#comment-2586 funkenstein Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:24:48 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=291#comment-2586 I use Bontrager hybrid tubes, 700 x 35-44c. they are 60g lighter than their "29er tube". working great! and I weigh 210lbs! I use Bontrager hybrid tubes, 700 x 35-44c. they are 60g lighter than their “29er tube”. working great! and I weigh 210lbs!

]]> By: Ninershiner http://twentynineinches.com/2006/07/13/lightweight-tubes/#comment-2584 Ninershiner Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:41:29 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=291#comment-2584 My best tip is to use a bontrager xxx-lite 26" tube or similar tube (85g). You inflate the tube up before you stretch it into the tire so that it doesn't pinch under the bead when you re-install the tire and then inflate. They work amazingly well and make your bike feel incredibly fast and really improves your steering speed. Me and another guy have raced and ridden all year with this set-up on tire pressures as low as 25psi and haven't had a single flat. My best tip is to use a bontrager xxx-lite 26″ tube or similar tube (85g). You inflate the tube up before you stretch it into the tire so that it doesn’t pinch under the bead when you re-install the tire and then inflate. They work amazingly well and make your bike feel incredibly fast and really improves your steering speed.

Me and another guy have raced and ridden all year with this set-up on tire pressures as low as 25psi and haven’t had a single flat.

]]> By: harold http://twentynineinches.com/2006/07/13/lightweight-tubes/#comment-2581 harold Thu, 13 Jul 2006 13:38:17 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=291#comment-2581 Bontrager offers a lighter weight butyl inner tube for 29er. I weighed both their standard one and the lighter version and the difference was about 60 grams each as i recall. I'm scared of latex tubes, they seem to fail a lot plus they look and feel kind of creepy. I do however use liquid latex instead of inner tubes which seems to work really well and is far lighter. Bontrager offers a lighter weight butyl inner tube for 29er. I weighed both their standard one and the lighter version and the difference was about 60 grams each as i recall. I’m scared of latex tubes, they seem to fail a lot plus they look and feel kind of creepy. I do however use liquid latex instead of inner tubes which seems to work really well and is far lighter.

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