Not a chance.........but.....

uphillstruggle
uphillstruggle Posts: 90
edited February 2013 in Road buying advice
First thoughts on the Eclipse inner tubes at £40 each!!! is who the hell would bother!

But then when you think about it at only 29grams and supposed good puncture resistance then they may give a better weight/ performance improvement than upgrading wheels?

For example i have RS 80's so would have to spend big for noticeable gains or go tubular which i can' t be bothered with.

So...........are these actually a worthwhile and economic overall investment?

Not sure myself...any thoughts?

Comments

  • smidsy
    smidsy Posts: 5,273
    Inner tubes that cost as much as a tyre will never catch on....surely ;-)
    Yellow is the new Black.
  • ShutUpLegs
    ShutUpLegs Posts: 3,522
    Go tubular
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Personally for me I'd say no they are no worth it, though am sure for others with cash burning a whole in their pockets and after the latest cool addition to their bike would argue that it is worth it.
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    ShutUpLegs wrote:
    Go tubular

    or tubeless.
    Trail fun - Transition Bandit
    Road - Wilier Izoard Centaur/Cube Agree C62 Disc
    Allround - Cotic Solaris
  • rich164h
    rich164h Posts: 433
    In isolation paying £40 for an inner tube is madness, but then again how much extra would someone pay to reduce the weight of their wheelset by ~200g?* I bet it's more than the difference between cheaper, heavier tubes and these ones?

    I would hope that they can be repaired easily enough though otherwise lots of extra £30-35 here and there would soon add up!

    Rich

    * assuming a comparison against butyl tubes at perhaps 100g more per tube. Clearly this difference is much less compared to latex tube, but then the price increase is also smaller.
  • uphillstruggle
    uphillstruggle Posts: 90
    rich164h wrote:
    In isolation paying £40 for an inner tube is madness, but then again how much extra would someone pay to reduce the weight of their wheelset by ~200g?* I bet it's more than the difference between cheaper, heavier tubes and these ones?

    I would hope that they can be repaired easily enough though otherwise lots of extra £30-35 here and there would soon add up!

    Rich

    * assuming a comparison against butyl tubes at perhaps 100g more per tube. Clearly this difference is much less compared to latex tube, but then the price increase is also smaller.

    That is kind of what i was thinking. Seems they can be repaired with special patches.
  • navrig
    navrig Posts: 1,352
    Eat more bran...... cheaper than other cereals

    Drink less beer...... save money

    Overall you achieve both - less weight to push around and more cash in your wallet.
  • uphillstruggle
    uphillstruggle Posts: 90
    Give us a break-70kg and tea total already!

    Take your point though.

    Still wondering though- is this a smarter move than paying a load more for upgraded wheels?

    Have a fear of tubeless probably due to ignorance but the thought of glue and punctures etc etc seems more hastle than its worth?
  • EarlyGo
    EarlyGo Posts: 281
    I'd do it as a one off payment. £80 to save 100 - 150g of rotating mass is okay. But when you start to think that every puncture could cost you £40 then personally I don't think it's justifiable.

    Regards, EarlyGo

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