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A 175gr tube?, is it too heavy? (4 posts)
|  A 175gr tube?, is it too heavy? | francisco
Jan 29, 2003 1:56 PM | | Hi
I just was wondering if a tube of that weight, is too heavy, I was running some of 125gr, and I don`t know if I `ll feel any diff.
Could be any advantage in durability?
It`s a Chen Shin Tyre company.
My older tubes (the one`s of 125gr) were schalwe.
Thanlks a lot
bye |
| re: A 175gr tube?, is it too heavy? | stump
Jan 29, 2003 6:00 PM | | yes it is dude, and you will notice the difference as soon as you start riding the bike! im used to train with heavier tires and tubes and when i switch to lighter tires or only lighter tubes i can feel the difference in acceleration quickly.
there are lots of cheap light tubes like torelli, performance, ritchey, just forget about that latex tubes, they are crap!.
happy trails and i hope it helps. |
| OK, but if it`s too light, ins`t it more propense to get snake | francisco
Jan 30, 2003 3:36 AM | | bites? or pinch flats?
I mean if the walls are more thick they should be a little more resitant than the super light tubes. Is that correct?
thanks a lot!
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| yes, you are correct.... | stump
Jan 30, 2003 4:23 AM | | thats why i save them for race only. but i usually run my tires with at least 45psi, if you run your tires with too low pressure i think the best way is to use stans. trie to use tires with stronger sidewalls.
happy trails |
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