Hi Rene, Challenge makes a large cross/gravel size - best online price is Outside Outfiters. I just received two in the mail from there today - I keep these stocked. Price is about the same as Schwalbe Ultralight. The difference is vulcanized butyl v. super-elastic latex. Wiggle for some reason can't sell them to the US - probably an agreement with Challenge and whoever imports them to the US. One thing I really like about them is patching. Keep an old tube, cut a piece, glue it over the hole with tubie mastic - squeeze it with something overnight (carry a spare new tube for roadside). The patch is permanent and the even stretches, unlike hard patches for butyl tubes. Vittoria makes road sizes (28mm) and Wiggle has a good price on these. They all have slick valve stems (and removable cores), and I put o-rings over the stems thinking it helps with shock and vibration.
<http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/700c/aP1170022.jpg> maybe ti does nothing, but I will keep doing it, because I like it (one package of o-rings, which I bought for something else lasts forever). Michelin also makeslatex tubes - never tried them. I'll make the argument that latex rides better than tubeless, but notably better than butyl. All kind of arguments that it runs cooler and faster than butyl - no question it feels different - it feels softer and faster. Downside is you have to pump them - every day when you ride, and at least once/week when you don't. If you ever cut open one of your butyl tubes, water will pour out that has collected from your pump. If you cut open a latex tube, it will be dry, because water evaporates through them. (I run latex in every bike except my daughter's upright with 42mm Soma SV - I run Schwalbe Ultralight in those, so I don't have to pump them every week). I actually carry a mix of spares, butyl and latex. Latex can sometimes be hard to avoid a pinch, because it is so crazy stretchy. Sometimes on the side of the road I'll install butyl to get home. Next time that tires comes off, though, latex is going back on. Regards On Monday, May 2, 2016 at 7:03:44 PM UTC-5, René wrote: > > Who makes latex tubes? And how do they compare to the Schwalbe ultralight > tubes? > > >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
