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This is from bicyclerollingresistance.com RH 44mm tire vs. other 40mm tires. Even at low pressure the fastest tire there.. Jan Heine...

So 3 days in the RH sealant/Latex combo is rideable at 26psi from 40# start. The expected 4-5 psi/day loss for this setup. Not great...

For long rides at 71yo the Ebike is used. On my 2ndary use XC bike 500 miles might take a while. Also it's pretty gentle use in my case.

I found a discussion on this, about various sealants and latex tubes. It seems there are a few people working on this...

DH racers at MTBR will never use his tires. I mean if coasting down mountains is what cycling is all about so be it. But XC racers, CX...

TPU definitely holds air better. Latex is supposed to be puncture resistant But I've had a wire long enough to go through a Tannus liner...

The RH sealant is working so far. A week from now I'll know more about the water/ Latex situation. I suppose some people may wonder why...

His tire tech is feeding back into road racing (where it came from) in larger sizes. It's probably going to do the same thing in CX, and...

One type of flat that sealant is particularly good for are slow leaks (as in more than one) caused by small wires in the road from blown...

On this bike butyl without sealant would probably be OK. The sealed tubes thing has been so good on the urban Ebike I want to see if I...

OK one more time. the Rene HERSE TPU tube in the front tire is just sitting there laughing at all of this. Polished Metal stem...

This is the glue issue I'm having. Since gravel racing tires don't have reflective sidewalls, and I'm running disc brakes with the UB...

I broke down the tire today. No sealant leakage. The tube was deformed at the spoke holes next to the valve stem. 2 layers of plastic...

I always use metal automotive stem caps on Schraders. They seal with an O ring and you can hear a puff if the stem is leaking. Some for...

Looking at Sckwalbes site, they offer a heavy duty TPU tube for MTB with Schrader, and another with Presta that's apparently lighter...