I picked up some glass in a tire and was having all sorts of trouble getting the darn thing fixed. I pinched two tubes to death mostly because they aren't putting talcum powder on the tubes and inside the tires anymore.
In disgust I pulled a new tube off of the shelf and it turned out to be a latex tube. Installing that was a great deal easier because it is red and you can see if any of the tube is in the way. It is harder to fill with a Silca floor pump though because there is so much give in the tube it is extremely difficult to put the pump end over the filler. I suppose if you had the more common type of pump with the lever lock on it you're be much better off with latex tubes.
In any case I went for a little 32 mile ride. I had forgotten part of it and in three different spots I hit bumps so hard that the tire bottomed against the rim. On two of these at least I know that a normal tube would have gotten a flat because I've gotten flats on those same bumps.
Have others used latex tubes and found them to be a lot more forgiving as well?
In disgust I pulled a new tube off of the shelf and it turned out to be a latex tube. Installing that was a great deal easier because it is red and you can see if any of the tube is in the way. It is harder to fill with a Silca floor pump though because there is so much give in the tube it is extremely difficult to put the pump end over the filler. I suppose if you had the more common type of pump with the lever lock on it you're be much better off with latex tubes.
In any case I went for a little 32 mile ride. I had forgotten part of it and in three different spots I hit bumps so hard that the tire bottomed against the rim. On two of these at least I know that a normal tube would have gotten a flat because I've gotten flats on those same bumps.
Have others used latex tubes and found them to be a lot more forgiving as well?