Schwalbe-Gate
Moderator: robbosmans
FYI- It has come to light that Schwalbe has secretly changed the out there Latex tube for Butyl tubes on there top end Tubulars. There goes 4 about watts...
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I could be wrong but aren't Schwalbe tubs made by Challenge? It seems weird to ditch latex...
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Because they want to sell into a triathlete market where in their one big event of the year the bike has to be put into a closed transition area the evening before race day? Which would be long enough for a latex tube to be losing significant pressure.
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Miller wrote:Because they want to sell into a triathlete market where in their one big event of the year the bike has to be put into a closed transition area the evening before race day? Which would be long enough for a latex tube to be losing significant pressure.
I think you give Schwalbe too much consideration... the more likely reason is to reduce cost. Butyl is cheaper and probably easier/faster for the supply chain to procure compared to latex.
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Really?? Now I understand why my Schwalbe One tubulars are holding air so well. Before I had the Ultremos and I had to inflate them every time I used the bike. Having said that, I think I will keep buying tubulars with a Latex tube... 4 watts are 4 watts.
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