Eclipse Tubes

[sworcester]

Anyone riding these? I picked up two for my cross bike for the heck of it (LBS is having a hard time getting latex tubes) They're light at 58gr for a 700x28c-45c, vs 120gr for the rubber ones. Alot of money to save 1284 gr, but got a decent deal on them.

Don't know how well they will do at lower pressures, guess I will see

[sworcester]

really? No body is on board yet?
I took them out today on the cross bike with 35 lbs of pressure and rode around with no issues. Good to know I'm an innovator.

[oldpotatoe]

Anyone riding these? I picked up two for my cross bike for the heck of it (LBS is having a hard time getting latex tubes) They're light at 58gr for a 700x28c-45c, vs 120gr for the rubber ones. Alot of money to save 1284 gr, but got a decent deal on them.

Don't know how well they will do at lower pressures, guess I will see

How much are these? Online I found some for like $60 PER TUBE.

Saved 124 grams, 4 ounces, for $120....yowser....

[fiamme red]

A forum member reviewed them here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36397392@N06/6321152924/

[sworcester]

How much are these? Online I found some for like $60 PER TUBE.

Saved 124 grams, 4 ounces, for $120....yowser....

I got them for about $50 each, so less but still pretty expensive. Rode them on a trail ride at 35 psi on my cross bike this week with some rim bumps but no snake bites. They were an impulse buy so my buddies at the LBS could check them out, so they gave me a deal on them for that reason.

[rfj1862]

Oops!

[rfj1862]

What I meant to say is:

That's me. I now have >5000 miles on one set of tubes, no punctures. I might have just gotten lucky, I've heard of failures right out of the box on the generation 1 tubes.

If that's the typical experience with these tubes, then they are worth retail. Plus on a 650B bike they cut an astonishing 200 g of rotating weight.