Originally posted by froze
The Specialize folding Turbo Armadillo weighs 350 grms and I use a 65grm ultralight tube and suddenly your almost flat free! I have not had one flat since using these for over 12,000 miles and almost 3 years!!
Just going back over the thread and saw this. You mentiod a "folding" Turbo Armadillo. Doesn't that mean it has a kevlar bead? When I looked on the Specialized website, the turbo armadillo said it had a wire bead and a 700x23 weighed 385 grams so I'm curious about this discrepancy, especially since a kevlar bead should be easier to take off and put on.
Also found a weight for the Mr Tuffy liners: 113 grams. However, I'm not sure if that is the weight of one, or two (as they come two in a pack). Also I'm not sure if that is for the size strip I have.
My present tires are listed as 250 grams. If you add in the 113 (assuming that is right for each), we total 363 plus the tube.
The Turbo armadillo closest to my present size (mine are 25c and the turbo would be 26c) would be 437 grams. But dropping down to a 23c would only be that 385 - just 22 grams more than what I ride now.
I see comments about using ultralight tubes with the Armadillos. I don't know much about them - I have always just bought whatever I found in the store.
Bob