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Old 05-17-06 | 08:29 PM
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bccycleguy
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From: Okanagan Valley, BC CANADA

Bikes: Trek 7300FX, Lemond Sarthe

Latex or Butyl Tubes, which is better?

Latex tubes have a certain cache, like being in the inner circle when it comes to specialized knowledge about this sort of thing. But given that light weight butyl tubes are widely available now, is there any real advantage to latex anymore?

I'm using Bontrager tubes that weight 62 grams and I've yet to find a latex tube that is lighter, ....and yes, I do need to pump them up every day.

Rolling resistance? maybe, but I don't think I could tell the difference, better to get some really good tires first. OCP factor? You can't see them and most OCP'ers wouldn't recognize an albino tube for what it is anyway.

Someone, give me a good reason to want latex tubes.

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