I concur with Marin.
I’ve been using Challenge latex tubes in my carbon clinchers for years without issue. Learn their fickle ways and you’ll be rewarded.
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I concur with Marin.
That someone is me It really is the only real downside to (thin) latex. Other than that, no issues with the vredesteins. As I run discs now, I don't have to worry about heat anymore. I've only had 2 flats with latex in like 20.000km, and twice, it was a small hole/ defect in the innertube, but at first sight, not from a debris of the tyre itself. More like damage due to a hard hit of a puthole or stone. But, latex is indeed very easy to patch with pieces of an old latex innertube.pdlpsher1 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2018 11:57 pmI recall someone here posted a question. He took a good latex tube out of a tire and found the tube has stretched such that it was bigger in circumference than the tire. I have a feeling that the great properties of latex is also a disadvantage when it comes to durability. It appears that because latex is so stretchy, any part of the tube that is slightly thinner than the rest will stretch tremendously, and eventually something bad will happen to the stretched part when the stress exceeds the tensile strength of the latex. If you take a new latex tube and pump it up outside of the tire, you will see a balloon form somewhere on the tube. That balloon part is the part that is thinner than the rest.
russianbear wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:38 amI run Vittoria Latex in my GP4ks in my CLX32 carbon clinchers no problems. Especially with modern carbon rims, the beds are so nice and smooth, if anything we should be having fewer issues. Waiting for FWB to get Vredestein tubes back in stock.