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Ed Taylor
a Racer
from Chatham,ILDate Reviewed: August 7, 2010
Strengths: Lite and super durable.Weaknesses: must be put in without twisting or crimping or it starts to crack at the crimp.Bottom Line: Great light tubes. You'll probably never get a flat, but if you get a puncture, Slime makes a patch called "Scabs", these are self-stick requiring no glue, and they work on the Green-Lite tubes! Also, very inexpensive. Try them.
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$16.00
Purchased At: internet-don't rmemb
Similar Products Used: butyl tubes
Bike Setup: hard tail old mountain set up
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João Esteves
a Cross Country Rider
from Lisbon - PortugalDate Reviewed: December 28, 2009
Strengths: Extremely lightweight - Good QualityWeaknesses: ExpensiveBottom Line: Against the majority of critics, i have to say that this is a good overall quality product. It's very light, and pinch flat resistant, since you have the adequate tire pressure (3.0 - 3.5 BAR). It will not blow out of nothing !!!
Arround 400 km made and one (1) flat tire, that would have happened even with standard butil tubes.
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$15.00
Purchased At: Chain Reaction
Similar Products Used: Michelin Latex
Bike Setup: Hot-Chili Zymotic
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92gli
a Weekend Warrior
from west chester, paDate Reviewed: August 5, 2009
Bottom Line: The valve is not securely mounted. I just had the valve fall out of a brand new one while I was getting ready to inflate it a little bit to mount it.
Performance sells 100g tubes for $6.99. Just get those. They are made out of the standard material, can be patched securely, and the valve mount is reinforced.
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$16.00
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Thomas
a Cross Country Rider
from Old Lyme CT USADate Reviewed: May 24, 2008
Strengths: really light.. you can notice it!! Loose air slower than latex.Weaknesses: still loose air slowly, But less than LatexBottom Line: lighter, nicer tube than a regular Butyl. noticeable while riding.
they still loose air like all super lights do so you'll have to pump them up on a regular basis. ( loosing about 2-5 lbs in 24 hours, the Vittoria's went flat over night.) but if you check your bike over before a ride, like anyone who doesn't want to brake a bone should do, it's not that big a deal. But can be annoying if you're on a "trip" and only have a small pump.
haven't flattened it yet but patching from what I hear is near impossible!
Favorite Trail: Rocky Point Long Island NY
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$13.00
Purchased At: Cambria Bike Outfitter
Similar Products Used: Butyls, Vittoria Poly
Bike Setup: K2 Apache 5 with Mavic crossride wheels
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John
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDate Reviewed: July 27, 2005
Strengths: Super light weight and kool looking green compared to the rugular black butyl tubes.Weaknesses: Inflated to 50-66psi for almost 6 months with Panaracer Fire XC Pro 26"x2.1" tires. They don't retain air too well or for too long, as I had to re-adjust pressure every week. The tube material got very thin at the rim eyelets with Velox rim tape and caused two flats one week apart.Bottom Line: They look great at a "semi-transparent funky green colour" and super light weight. A bit pricey at over $10/CAN each and need the pressure checked atleast 1x/week.
Bottom Line: If you really want to save weight on your bike, these do the job. They do cost a little more, require
alot of pressure checking (I'd say not more then 50psi) &
don't expect them to act like a "green" version of butyl's.
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$10.00
Purchased At: Bike Nashbar (1998)
Similar Products Used: Only butyl tubes - Cheng Shin, Kenda, Norco, IRC Torque, Bontrager SuperLight/Narrow, Maxxis FlyWeight/Narrow, Lambert Select SelfSealing.
Bike Setup: 2001 Trek Fuel 90 Disk/stock - tires changed to slicks.
1996 GT Ricochet/stock - tires changed to slicks.
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David Fenn
a Cross Country Rider
from Birmingham, UKDate Reviewed: January 28, 2005
Strengths: Been running a pair for six years now in UK weather. They're fine. No probs, other than the obvious slow, gentle leakage you get from paper thin tubes. And I don't get a rash from 'em (allergic to rubber).Weaknesses: Readies. They cost me £11 each when I got 'em, way back. But that's what the UK market is like.Bottom Line: Buy 'em, spank 'em.
Favorite Trail: No favourites
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$19.00
Purchased At: Don't remember
Similar Products Used: None really, got these, never looked back.
Bike Setup: XT/LX all over, Univega STEEL frame (yeah, remember when they made them?) M230/LX front w/DT, FIR231/XT rear w/DT. Goes like stink at 24lbs for a 19.5" rigid. Cost me next to nowt to build, as well.
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Bryan
a Cross Country Rider
from Incline Village, NevadaDate Reviewed: May 6, 2004
Strengths: Super light, run well at low pressure (for me), 100's of miles with no flatsWeaknesses: Really can't repair, so they are expensive when they fail, leak air - you need to re-inflate every few daysBottom Line: I'm a bit surprised that some other reviewers had trouble with these at low pressure. I have run mine at 35 lbs or less for close to 5K miles on Colorado/Moab singletrack with 3 flats. I weigh about 165 lbs though, and the trails there weren't as rocky as in some places. Regardless, I really like this product, but with the light weight and pinch flat resistance comes a price: 3x more expensive than butyl, latex leaks air from the moment it is inflated, and the tubes shatter into ribbons when they fail. I regularly pinch flatted with butyl tubes, even when they were inflated to much higher pressures than these. In fact, the only flats (other than the 3 with these) that I have had in 3 years were on the 3 butyls that I put in until I could get more greens. If you are aware of the limitations of the greens, then get 'em.
Favorite Trail: Anything in Fruita, CO
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$15.00
Purchased At: Freewheel Cyclery
Similar Products Used: Butyl tubes
Bike Setup: '03 Titus Racer-X, Sram XO/9.0 drivetrain, XT everything else, Black fork
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Chris
a Cross Country Rider
from austin,txDate Reviewed: June 28, 2002
Strengths: light weightWeaknesses: pinch flat easy with low pressureBottom Line: I like this tube. I have had no problem with this tube as long as the pressure is 40lbs or higher. the only time I rode with less (forgot to pump it up) I ended up with a pinch flat. I dont use any special extra rim tape or anything like that. Just keep up the pressure and it should be fine. I ride technical X-country.
Favorite Trail: emma long
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$13.00
Purchased At: lbs
Similar Products Used: all others
Bike Setup: mavic rims
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Andreas Klauser
a Cross Country Rider
from FeldafingDate Reviewed: May 28, 2002
Strengths: low weight, durabilityWeaknesses: latex specific slow leakage of airBottom Line: Very low weight, low rolling resistance, no punctures. Keeps air better than the Conti latex. Valve seems to be very sound construction, too. The best thing for XC, absolutely. The price is o.k. for a quality product like this.
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$10.00
Purchased At: hibike
Similar Products Used: Conti Latex, Schwalbe Butyl
Bike Setup: TREK 9900 OCLV, good plastic rubber band, 2.1 Ritchey Z-MAX and Z.E.D. each WCS/bluewall
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Shane Dosser
a Cross Country Rider
from Kingwood, TX.Date Reviewed: May 5, 2002
Strengths: Very lightWeaknesses: None found yetBottom Line: I use them for races only, but have not recieved a flat yet, (I do run the spin skins liners in the tire but the math of both added together is still lighter than other tubes) while i'll see plenty of other riders with flats right off the starting gate. I little pricey.
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$13.00
Purchased At: cambria
Bike Setup: LiteSpeed Obed FS, XT, XTR, & Billet Proshift components
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Charlie Devine
a Cross Country Rider
from Oak Ridge TN U.S.A.Date Reviewed: March 18, 2002
Strengths: Very light
looks cool (but you don't see it inside the tire)
rides just like any other tube, even 400 gram LBS specialsWeaknesses: Pump your tire every day.Bottom Line: Wow, 105 review! I guess everyone has gone through the latex tire phase. I am over it. It was light. It didn't hold air very well. It lasted a lot longer than I thought it would. Really, I had that thing for at least a year. It saw tires come and go. When it finnaly did fail it sort of jsut split open. It had a four inch split. I would race these. The rotating weight reduction is definitely worth it. A pair of these can take 200 grams off a bike. Go for it!
Four steaming horse flops for value because you get exactly what you pay for.
Four overall because I couldn't tell what finnaly did this tube in. It looks like it just popped. I think that maybe it got caught between the tire bead and the rim. That would have done it. Be careful. Always (unless you're racing or otherwise using a cartrige) inflate to pressure, deflate, reseat tire, check for tube caught under tire bead, and then inflate to final pressure.
Favorite Trail: Haw Ridge
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$12.00
Purchased At: Frankford
Similar Products Used: Lightweight butyl rubber tubes.
Bike Setup: Al hardtail. Marzocchi fork.
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Nick
a
from Tempe, AZDate Reviewed: February 7, 2002
Strengths: Light, neat lookingWeaknesses: Pinch flats Very easily- make sure you're running at least 40-45 PSI. When mine did pinch, it wasn't just two tiny snakebite holes- it was a big split in the tube that was nasty enough to make me wonder if I had torn my tire sidewall (I hadn't.) Glueless patches suck, and they're all you can use. Too expensive.Bottom Line: The weight was nice while it lasted. I'm back to butyl, and plan on staying here. I'd imagine this tube would be pretty good if you could avoid puncturing it, but once you do you've got to rely on pre-glued patches, which are very unreliable and don't last very long. 3 chilis because they're so light, if you ran them at high PSI they'd be pretty neat.
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Similar Products Used: So many
Bike Setup: trials- used this tube in the front tire
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Jeremy
a Racer
from OhioDate Reviewed: May 26, 2001
Strengths: Light, the lightest!!!Weaknesses: A bit on the pricy side of the tube spectrum.Bottom Line: These are probably the best tubes for XC racing. Light as they come. I,ve raced on these for two months now and haven't had any problems with them. Adds great acceleration and handling to your rig.
Favorite Trail: Ceasar Creek State Park
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$12.00
Purchased At: Wilmington Bicycle Company
Similar Products Used: Schwinn Superlight tubes
Bike Setup: Homegrown (XTR, SID, Sun rims)
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Rockohaulic
a
from CADate Reviewed: February 21, 2001
Bottom Line: These tubes are iff at best. Quality control seems to be an issue.
Try Maxxis Flyweight.
The Maxxis are better. They are just as light. They are regular rubber. Hold air better. Don't flat as often. Patch easier. Don't split at the seam. And you don't have to baby them with talcum powder (get it?).
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
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J
a Racer
from NEDate Reviewed: February 6, 2001
Strengths: Light, durableBottom Line: If you have been biking enough to realize the pressure you need to run your tires at in order NOT to get pinch flats -- these will be a great tube to run. I have ridden on a tube for about 2 years before I got a thorn in it. LunarLites and other lightweight butyls ALL flatted within weeks (split seems, broken valvues, unexplained punctures (not a pinch flat or thorn or rim invoked flat). I was super skeptical about these at first but they seems to be the only tubes that survive after my stock weeds out through the year.
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$12.00
Similar Products Used: Performance LunarLites, Chin Shin Extra Thin
Bike Setup: Velox cloth or Michelin plastic rim strips
Continental ExplorerPro Tires
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