Vittoria Competition Latex Bicycle Tire Tube - High Performance Bike Inner Tube

B.Bearson: Bought as a replacement for a sealant. Went in ok. Quite expensive but good quality.

United Kingdom on Dec 19, 2023

MauMac: Leggera, scorrevole e performante, purtroppo bisogna gonfiarla tutti i giorni perché perde pressione molto facilmente.

Italy on Nov 25, 2023

Amazon Customer: A cycling friend recommended these, so I swapped out my butyl tubes for a pair of these latex tubes. Tires are a run of the mill set of Conti Ultra's. I noticed a difference on my first ride, and my Strava backed it up with a 0.5mph average gain on my normal evening exercise route. This result has been replicated every time I've been out since. Reports are correct that you'll need to check pressures often. Worth the gains IMO.

United States on Nov 22, 2023

Rors: I tried out latex tubes years ago, can't remember why I gave them up. But, in the ongoing quest for a better, lighter, more efficient ride, thought I'd try them again. The information out there says Butyl (the basic tube) is durable, easy to patch, but is heaviest, and least expensive.
The new TPU tubes are the lightest, the most expensive, hard to patch, and offer ride quality about like a butyl.
Back to Latex: A third lighter than butyl, ok to patch, but more prone to leakage and punctures. And twice the price of butyl, but the best quality ride.
So, I tried these Vittoria tubes. I'm riding on Vredestein Senso Superior tires (best I've ever found) in size 25 & 28. Noticeably lighter by 45 grams, than the butyls they replaced. Great feel, they just seem to make the wheels roll better, smoother, livelier. And I think I can feel the weight difference on spin up.
I do have to air them up for every ride. I have gotten one flat (a goathead stuck in the tire) but the repair went just right with conventional glue & patches.
I'll continue to ride this, and likely buy more.

United States on Nov 16, 2023

Thomas B.: Légère mais se dégonfle assez rapidement. Il faut repomper avant chaque sortie.

Belgium on Oct 07, 2023

Miguel Calderon: Como el pivote no tiene rosca se rompe la cámara al inflar, solo con poner la boquilla de la bomba de aire se rompe la cámara. Definitivamente no lo recomiendo. No solo me pasó una vez, me pasó doc veces con las dos cámaras que compré.

Mexico on Mar 27, 2023

Paul: A bit more expensive than quality butyl rubber tubes, but lighter, lab test proven lower rolling resistance, and better puncture resistance. It also seems to leak air more slowly when punctured.
Holes in latex are repaired the same way as with butyl tubes, using glue patches.
The only two disadvantages to latex tubes are: since latex does not hold air as well, you need to inflate the tires each day before a ride; and holes in the tubes are a bit more challenging to find because the puncture holes leak more slowly. When you try to find a hole in a removed tube, if you put too much air into the tube, it balloons out literally like a balloon (although I've never had one pop). I use the bathroom sink full of water to help find a hole.
For field flat repairs, I carry spare butyl tubes because they roll up more easily for a seat pack.

United States on Jul 25, 2022

Michael R. Wilkes: Wow!!! Unbelievable. I've been riding continuously for the past 40 years. I enjoy fast recreational rides, 20-50 miles. Now ride 5 days/week. Been riding a Specialized Tarmac/Ultegra for past 10 years. Riding Continental GP 5000 past year. Read the reviews on Latex tubes and seemed too good to be true. It's true. Switched out my butyl tubes for these Vitoria Latex. I had no trouble mounting the tubes. I just took my time and pulled the tire onto the rims by hand without levers. I immediately felt the difference on the first pedal strokes. I was stunned at the increased speed, suppleness, road feel, and handling. I waited until after the second ride to write this. I was able to quickly get up to my target heart rate and felt I was no longer struggling with the bike. The rolling resistance was dramatically reduced. I was always struggling with maintaining cadence and speed while trying to hit the target rate (130-140 bpm/avg). I think now in retrospect, most of the energy was consumed in the legs instead of cardio overcoming the rolling resistance. My legs now feel great and my heart is pounding. The Tarmac is twitchy. These tubes significantly...

United States on Jul 17, 2022

Westerner: Yes, they'll lose air. I toured with these and found myself down 20 psi every morning of the tour. I'd pump them up to 100 psi and be down to 80 again by the next morning. With a good pump, this is not a big deal. Just plan on pumping them up every day that you ride. I don't ride often enough for that to be an ordeal, and even if I rode everyday, I'd just have my compressor ready to fill them.

So why are they worth pumping up every day? They're light. I've read poly tubes are even lighter. I put them in a pair of GP5000 and they really roll. They're also reported to have low rolling resistance, maybe a couple watts lower than butyl. No flats after a couple hundred miles, even a few miles of gravel. If they keep going like this, I might stick with them over butyl -- and I just do recreational touring -- hey, why pump harder than you have to? It adds up over the long haul.

Update: The front tube developed a leak at about 250 miles. There is a small crack about half a millimeter on the latex on the inner circumference of the tube. This would be against the Velox Fond de Jante rim tape, so not a puncture and not a pinch flat either. It...

United States on Apr 29, 2022

John TidmanJohn Tidman: This product failed to hold 150psi pressures and immediately blew the instant 150psi was exceeded, very disappointed as I have previously viewed a video rating Vittoria latex as one of the top brands. DO NOT BUY! Reliability: 1 star Value: 1 star Price: 2 star only reason for 2 and not 1 was because it was slightly cheaper than other latex tubes. I will be switching back to Butyl as they are much more reliable and don't immediately blow at 150psi, I would encourage other racers to take caution when choosing your inner tubes.

Canada on Jul 06, 2021