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Romania, Bucharest
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Review on 🏻 Vittoria Competition Latex Inner Tubes 2 Pack: Optimize Your Cycling Performance with Superior Quality by Tsuyoshi Tendencies

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Are you man enough for PINK?

Preview: This is my first time with a latex hose. I've been tubeless on all my road bikes and mountain bikes for many years. However, I had a new bike and didn't want to spend extra money on new tubeless wheelsets. So I'm trying a different approach for a bulletproof ride. After much research I settled on 25mm Conti Gartorskin leather on the back and Grand Prix 4 Season on the front latex tube with optional orange sealing. My goal is to have less than to have no home. I don't race and have a few extra grams. This tube is already powdered when installed so I didn't use the baby powder trick. The tube is very soft to the touch and generally the walls are flat. I have no problem mounting them with Conti tires. I've read a lot of tips on fitting latex tubing because it's very easy to get. So I pay a lot more attention to that before blowing them up. I don't use tire levers. The lever is not well suited for wheel, bead and tubes. In my experience, tubeless tires are the most painful to install by hand, all other tires are easy to install without levers. In addition, the latex bladder loses air quickly, how quickly? I inflate them to 110psi after installation. I take readings 12 hours later, the pressure drops to 80 on one side and 85 on the other, then 65 and 70 24 hours later. A lot of people say don't use co2 to inflate a latex tube. Co2 will deflate even faster and have a chance of bursting the hose, I haven't tried it. Let's see if I need to use Co2. That's all for now, I'll be watching in 500 miles.

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