Tubs

Im pretty sure it has a latex inner.
I'll check.

Tempted by a pair of 28mm for the alu wheels.

I've had a Schwalbe One on a spare rim for ~3 weeks now, it's still almost as hard (fnar) as when I first inflated it. If it's latex then it's magic latex.

Mine goes down.
It's a Pitstop repair though.

It's also dead. Could cut it open to see.

My Ultimo HT's were noticeable in their going-down, from one day to the next, whereas the One is majestic in it's continued inflation.

I do, however, like the idea of magic latex.

Looks like magic latex to me.

Or its just yours that's butyl.

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It's a thicker latex than you'd find in a veloflex or separate mich or vitt inner.

Ok, how can I check what mine is? It really isn't going down, which every other latex tube I've ever had has done.

Without cutting it open, that is.

Hmmmmmm.

http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=132436

Yours is butyl then.
Mine was an old one.

If you want to believe in magic latex that's fine too though.

Magic latex it is!

Ok, just to check this - the Isogrip compound Corsa CX/SC is the new and improved one that won't kill you in the wet?

Yeah.
Iso grip works. At least as good as veloflex in the wet now.

Ok, might go 25 SC, or will Miro castigate me for being post-Gumwall?

I was thinking the same for my 'race wheels'.

The paves are barely heavier and ride bloody nicely if you want something more robust.

Although I may splash out on FMB again now I have a second wheelsets. Paves for abuse, fmb for weekends and racing.

Francois from Fmb seems really decent chap. Been corresponding a bit.

I've ordered some SC's, anyone interested in a pair of Schwalbe One tubulars in the fashionable "24" width, expertly stretched and ready to glue?

could be keen; price?

I'm loving my Veloflex but keep getting talked to in cafes by guys with beards, tats, and fluro accessories.

:-(

The bear is the new mamil.

Didn't think the hipsters had got to Veloflex yet?

Use tape

Just read your ongoing commentary on the Schwalbe tubs, I know latex are lighter, but is there much difference puncture wise? Can you assume that if something penetrates the tyre you're pretty much screwed either way?

latex is less prone to pinch flats innit

I think I posted the link to the SlowTwitch sealant test a little while back - it showed a dramatic bias toward latex in terms of sealants actually sealing.

This time round I am going to use a sealant, pre-dosed into the tyres, so want latex for this reason.

I also wanted to annoy Miro by running gumwalls.