one other place latex tubes will get you. If you have a tire cut that goes through the casing, they will balloon out and pop. For this reason, it's good to carry a butyl tube, which is not elastic enough to do this, and will get you home.
ps - the weak beads is why I finally gave up on Strada Biancas. The beads will stretch out before the tread wears out. I replaced them with Stampede Pass 32mm last weekend, latex tubes, and really enjoyed their maiden ride. I tried one before and didn't like it in comparison to Strada Biancas, but I think it was using a butyl tube with it. On Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 5:19:12 AM UTC-5, Ron Mc wrote: > > nothing "really, now" about it. Latex tubes were the first. They go > hand-in-hand with supple tires - they already come in the best fine-casing > tubulars (sew-ups). > > > <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/F%20Moser/aP5110001-1.jpg> > they were also in every pneumatic tire made in the nineteen-naughties-40s, > and if you find one, it's very likely still usable today (the vulcanized > tire won't be). > > <http://thecabe.com/forum/attachments/20150520_205417-1-jpg.316080/> > > This is only now and really to you. Counting tubulars, I've been riding > latex tubes forever. ok, it's really only about a dozen years they have > been offered as separate tubes from the high-grade supple tubulars they > always come in. > I tried butyl tubes, I can't do it. My latex tubes are calling me. > Butyl tubes are a chemistry set invention trying to duplicate the > properties of natural latex. > Natural latex is better - it's Much more elastic and it lasts longer. > As Steve pointed out, sometimes this extra-high elasticity can work > against you. If you have a tire with a weak bead, they can squeeze through > to blow out. > But it won't be the drama that Steve extapolated, It will be a pop, very > likely a small hole, and even casual deflation, and I've even patched and > re-used latex tubes after it's happened. > But most times, the extra elasticity is all in your favor. > > You patch these with a piece of latex cut from an old tube and tubie > mastic, and the patch is permanent. Unlike butyl patches, latex patches > stretch. > > On Monday, May 23, 2016 at 11:52:49 PM UTC-5, Lungimsam wrote: >> >> New to the supple tube zeitgeist and was wondering: >> 1. Really?!?! First supple tires and now supple tubes? ;) >> 2. Is their any research on safety of butyl vs. latex? Specifically with >> flats resulting in catastrophic tears? Like does a simple puncture in latex >> develop into a blowout tear faster than butyl? >> 3. How do you patch a latex tube? >> 4. Does the tire casing material "fight" with the latex and does one >> eventually degrade the other over time (like metals)? > > -- 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.
