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Old 04-06-2024, 04:10 PM
SDJ SDJ is offline
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Well I also thought the problems were a thing of the past and waited a long time to combine carbon rims and latex tubes.

Last summer got some Mavic Open carbon rims built and some used fulcrum racing carbon 40 and combined with Vittoria latex tubes.

Sadly after a short steep descent I had a first “blowout”/flat luckily in a slow corner and a second one at the end of a long descent (living in the Swiss alps)

Yes it could have been a badly taped rim tape (Mavic) or badly machined carbon rim bed (fulcrum) but got me slightly unsure so switched to butyl tubes and have had no issues since in similar or same descents even. Just think the high temperatures in the rim when descending don’t work well with latex tubes.

Now using the Vittoria tubes in my carbon disc brake wheels
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