Tubs ???

levitronix

what tubs are you using and how long are they lasting ?

MarcinG

levitronix wrote: »

what tubs are you using and how long are they lasting ?

mtb: whatever they had in store. Last to the first puncture
Apart from maxxis flyweight or something (can't remember name it was sold with rim tape ultralight stuff) it simply ripped open half way through after 1 or 2 days no more ultra light parts in my mtb wheels since.

C3PO

MarcinG wrote: »

mtb: whatever they had in store. Last to the first puncture
Apart from maxxis flyweight or something (can't remember name it was sold with rim tape ultralight stuff) it simply ripped open half way through after 1 or 2 days no more ultra light parts in my mtb wheels since.

I think he was asking about Tubs ie Tubular tyres not tubes!

MarcinG

RPL1 wrote: »

I think he was asking about Tubs ie Tubular tyres not tubes!

My English is far from perfect ;(

levitronix

That would save a bit of weight gluing an inner tube to tubular wheel

manwithaplan

MarcinG wrote: »

My English is far from perfect ;(

It's very good actually. Far better than 99% of Irish people's second languages. Fair play to you.

victorcarrera

Last season Tufo S3 Lites on my road bike. 2000 Race only Km's. No problems with them but rear was paper thin so I replaced it with Vittoria Open Corsa EVO CX @ 60 Euro.
Continental sprinters on my TT bike. Very soft compound easily nicked but will last longer because of the lower Km <500Km last season and better road surfaces generally of the TT ccts I do.

Diarmuid

Conti sprinters, cause they are cheap and pretty decent

Murph100

Veloflex Carbon

zzzzzzzz

The Vittoria Open Corsas are a great tyre but wear very quickly, and are fairly expensive at ~€65

As Diarmo said - Conti Sprinters are cheap and cheerful, but I've heard they're not great in the wet.

I currently have 1 sprinter and 1 vittoria on my wheels. The horror... the horror.

billy.fish

Where to start...currently running:

Road/Tri/track:
Tufo S3 - grand but heavy, virtually puncher proof, great life
Vitoria CX - fast, puncture like a bubble, fast Life only 1 IM and two HIM on them
Conti podium - nice for indoor boards, less than 5hrs use on them so cant comment on life

CX:
Dugast Rhino (2sets) - Grip is amazing in slop, terrible on dry, wear out fast
FMB SSC WC edition - amazingly fast, light and supple. Terrible in wet, wear out fast
Challenge Fango's - great in ice or grippy mud, hardwearing
Challenge Griffo's - good on hard rutted courses with no mud, fast, hardwearing
Vittoria CG - utter s4ite

MTB:
Tufo XC2 Plus - haven't glued them up yet

And no I do mean MTB tubular.

Tenzor07

billy.fish wrote: »

MTB:Tufo XC2 Plus - haven't glued them up yet

Would be interested to hear how you get on with the MTB tubs...

Chips Lovell

Continental Sprinters at the moment. Cheap, fairly rugged, but not the fastest feeling tyres in the world. Don't have latex inner tubes.

Was using Vittoria Corsa CX before that. Beautiful tyres, but prone to puncture I thought and quick wearing. Still tempted to go back.

Will probably give Veloflex Carbon a go next.

billy.fish

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Would be interested to hear how you get on with the MTB tubs...

I'll let you know, have a set of 29er rims to build up at some stage too. Mostly for CX, but going to try them for MTB also

Tenzor07

billy.fish wrote: »

I'll let you know, have a set of 29er rims to build up at some stage too. Mostly for CX, but going to try them for MTB also

Was thinking about a set of 29'er Stans rims with tubeless tyres and sealant for the next CX season...should have a bigger braking surface and be slightly wider(and stronger) for mounting tyres etc...

billy.fish

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Was thinking about a set of 29'er Stans rims with tubeless tyres and sealant for the next CX season...should have a bigger braking surface and be slightly wider(and stronger) for mounting tyres etc...

Don't waste your time with tubeless, you cant run low enough pressures. Unless you run heavy duty tires....which defeat the purpose in both weight and suppleness.

levitronix

still have not used the wheels yet but i ll have a gp4000 on the rear and conti sprinter on the front odd combo i know but will see if it works, thought the gp4000 tub might last a bit longer and have bit better grip in wet than the sprinter,and since its on the rear was thinking this might even the life out the tyres since i wont switch them round mid season as i would clinchers.