|   Performace Lunar lite VS. Panaraced green lite tubes | Igor (H.H.)
Oct 29, 2002 7:59 PM | | Which one would you choose? Do you have any expirience with either one? Pros, cons?
Thanks, Igor |
| re: go with Performace Lunar lite VS. Panaraced green lite tubes | jeffo
Oct 30, 2002 5:40 AM | | Green lites are heavier and very fragile. Also they are very difficult to patch. |
| If you MUST, then go with Lunars | dirtdad
Oct 30, 2002 7:48 AM | | I agree with Jeffo on the green tubes. I also ran Lunars for a long time. I would run them for a year or so then rip the valve out when inflating them normally. Every time I threw one away, I noticed they had about 10-12 patches on them, many of them pinch flats. Every once in a while I got a new one where the valve would rip out after a few inflations or the tube would blow apart somewhere.
I have since decided that it is just not worth it. Lunars have .45 wall thickness. Maxxis also makes (or made, anyway) a .45 tube, and I have heard that they are from the same manufacturer. The next size thicker tubes have .60 and .73 wall thickness. I ran .60's for a while and had much better luck. The weight penalty is minimal. .45's come it at around 95gms, .60s come in around 120gm. Even better yet, I run Stans newest rimstrip system with excellent results. The overall weight of Stans rimstip is comprable to .60s, and the Stan's tape system (which only worked OK for me) is comprable to the .45 tubes. |
| Panaracer green lite tubes | bray
Oct 31, 2002 11:55 AM | | No comment on the Performance tubes, but I've been using the greens with Hutchison Python Air Lites with very good results. After a rash of pinch flats with lite butyl tubes, I got the greens -- 500 miles and a trip to Fruita, no flats of any kind and I've been running the tires at less than 40lbs. I would say that they leak slowly at all times so you need to pump them up nearly every ride. If you can live with that, then I would recommend them. |
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