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Denis Demonte
Reviewed in Italy on April 7, 2025
Top, leggera e pratica nell’installazione
Gergö Marton-Szücs
Reviewed in Germany on April 3, 2025
Achtung, das ist nicht Einheitsgröße, sondern nur für 19-23mm breite geeignet. Bitte ändern Sie die Beschreibung!
Froze
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2024
Latex tubes have their ups and downs, just like butyl tubes, or even going tubeless. Latex tubes are more fragile, you have to be very careful installing them so that you don't somehow accidentally tear the tube with a tire lever, you want to make sure it doesn't get stuck between the bead of the tire and rim. So make sure you put a small amount of air into the tube to give it shape before installing it.The biggest plus that you will feel with latex is that it will feel like you are riding with about 30 psi less air, it will have a softer feel to it making the ride more comfortable. The other thing is that people will say is how much faster their bike goes, while it has been shown in tests that a bike with latex tubes uses about 7.5 watts less energy, those 7.5 watts you will feel, but it's not vastly better, just slightly better.A false rumor spread about how much more flat resistant a latex tube is vs a butyl tube is a lie spread by marketing where a company takes a tube and stretches over a broken bottle and it doesn't rip, while that is true what they did, but it was misleading to say that once the tube is in a tire blown to 80 to 110 psi that will cause the same effect when something tries to puncture it. No. What happens is the tube is very tight and pressing tightly against the inside of the tire when under pressure, just like a butyl tube is, there is no give should something enter the tire and hit the tube, so one will go poof just as easily as the other.Easy to install if you are familiar with installing tubes.Durability can be an issue if you don't install it correctly and carefully.Value for the money, I think they overcharge for these types of tubes, including the new TPU tubes which I would only give them a 1 star for value for the money if I was rating those, plus, TPU tubes do not have a long useful life.
Brad Greeley
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2024
Latex tubes are a fantastic, cheap upgrade offering superior ride quality with lowered rolling resistance. They are also very easy to patch with another scrap latex tube and rubber cement. BUT you must make sure your rim tape is top quality. Repeat after me…. I will install Velox rim tape before I use latex tubes. Also tubes must be installed with care with no tire irons. Please watch a how to install latex tube video if you are new to latex. They are pinch prone. Do not use for spares. Carry regular tubes for flats out on the road. And yes you are going to pump, a tad, the tires before each ride…. But if you’re considering latex you all about correct pressure anyways
olof
Reviewed in Sweden on March 19, 2023
Lost air quickly, had to pump every second day,
Rors
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2023
I tried out latex tubes years ago, can't remember why I gave them up. But, in the ongoing quest for a better, lighter, more efficient ride, thought I'd try them again. The information out there says Butyl (the basic tube) is durable, easy to patch, but is heaviest, and least expensive.The new TPU tubes are the lightest, the most expensive, hard to patch, and offer ride quality about like a butyl.Back to Latex: A third lighter than butyl, ok to patch, but more prone to leakage and punctures. And twice the price of butyl, but the best quality ride.So, I tried these Vittoria tubes. I'm riding on Vredestein Senso Superior tires (best I've ever found) in size 25 & 28. Noticeably lighter by 45 grams, than the butyls they replaced. Great feel, they just seem to make the wheels roll better, smoother, livelier. And I think I can feel the weight difference on spin up.I do have to air them up for every ride. I have gotten one flat (a goathead stuck in the tire) but the repair went just right with conventional glue & patches.I'll continue to ride this, and likely buy more.
Westerner
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2022
Yes, they'll lose air. I toured with these and found myself down 20 psi every morning of the tour. I'd pump them up to 100 psi and be down to 80 again by the next morning. With a good pump, this is not a big deal. Just plan on pumping them up every day that you ride. I don't ride often enough for that to be an ordeal, and even if I rode everyday, I'd just have my compressor ready to fill them.So why are they worth pumping up every day? They're light. I've read poly tubes are even lighter. I put them in a pair of GP5000 and they really roll. They're also reported to have low rolling resistance, maybe a couple watts lower than butyl. No flats after a couple hundred miles, even a few miles of gravel. If they keep going like this, I might stick with them over butyl -- and I just do recreational touring -- hey, why pump harder than you have to? It adds up over the long haul.Update: The front tube developed a leak at about 250 miles. There is a small crack about half a millimeter on the latex on the inner circumference of the tube. This would be against the Velox Fond de Jante rim tape, so not a puncture and not a pinch flat either. It would seem this latex is not that durable. I can patch it with another piece of latex and glue, but until I get around to it, I've put in a butyl tube -- all the LBS had in stock.
Davis A.
Reviewed in Singapore on December 22, 2021
Haven't use yet, hence, can't write much.
RENATO XEREZ
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2021
This is my second set of Vittoria Latex and I always get the same problem. Weak points in the valve stem area.PIC1. Weak point of the Vittoria Victorian Latex always bulging by the seams and popping.PIC2 and 3. Other side of valve same thing. I place patch to help support from bulging ( no holes YET). But as you can see the bulge continues.PCT4. Weak points in these inner tube brands. Waste of money. Very expensive to have weak points. Vittoria improve your quality. Buyer beware. There are other latex tubes that are SEAMLESS. Go for that. I will never buy Vittoria again ever. Don't buy Vittoria. Not sellers/vendors fault.
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