I use these with Bontrager Aeolus wheels that are 38mm in depth. Valves fit and allow extra room without the need for extensions.

I've never puncture popped one, but have popped a couple via carelessness. They allow for an incredible ride feel when set at the right pressure. Best thing next to tubeless.

Air loss on latex tubes is normal, I generally pump them up every other ride, if not every ride.

Every single one of these Have had lately leaks from this same area and often the pieces are coming apart. These are not made well and I have trashed 5 so far and not a single one from a puncture.

Edit: just installed the 6th and final one and it leaked straight out of the box. I don’t know why backcountry continues to sell this junk but I won’t be a customer at all if they keep selling it

Latex Tubes are Worth every Penny ride so Good and you Feel the Road Better been Running Latex for 4 years Know that's all I Use.

I'm a bit of a luddite when it comes to tubeless so I'm still running tubes and I continue to run latex tubes as I do perceive a difference in "suppleness" in the ride. Aside from that they are a "crap shoot". I've had latex tubes go months and thousands of kilometers and I've had days like yesterday where two brand new tubes, mounted in my shop the night before failed within 15 minutes of each other on a century ride the next day after about 50km, first the rear went, then the front. Leakers in both cases, deflation vs. catastrophic failure. Popped in butyl tubes and finished the ride, no worries. I do think I've had better luck with Challenge vs. Vittoria but don't really have data to back that up. Tubeless for road/gravel I still find to be a bit fussy and I'm still not sold. Proper latex tubes can be tricky to mount but if you do it right and you have a decent quality tube they work great. Seems with the trend to tubeless that decent latex tubes are going to probably get more difficult to find. These last two are getting returned, Vittoria need to get their act together.

These leak air and everybody knows it. Why pay premium for something that doesn't work in a month? If you want to save weight, just don't eat that. For a race day, maybe these make sense. For regular riding though, only a fool like me would keep buying these latex tubes. Why then, did I just order two more spares? Because I ride a gravel bike on road, and can really feel the weight in regular tubes after riding the latex - especially when accelerating. Don't get hooked like me! Avoid these for regular riding!

Bought 5 tubes. First two tubes blew upon initial inflation in the garage at less than 90 psi. Upon inspection seems due to weak spots in the tubes. Been away since so haven’t tried any of the last three boxes.

Otherwise used Vittoria latex tubes for most of the past 10 years with good success.

Vittoria Latex tubes are fantastic in a set of 320tpi tires. In my case I run Specialized S-Wors Turbo Cotton 28mm tires with these latex tubes and the ride quality and speed are amazing.

Now for the bad news...Competitive Cyclist delivery/shipping time absolutely sucked! It took 7 days to ship a latex tube and two hydraulic brake cables from Utah to Southern California. Here's the sad reality...CC has a saddle I want at the price I want, have I pulled the trigger, NOPE! I'm NOT going to wait 7 days for a saddle I can find local and/or from another company who still has a sense of uirgency and customer service!

I went the whole summer with these, paired with the Continental GP5000s, and experienced no flats, despite some hard bumps and rough surfaces. I was also able to keep a low tire pressure, which made for a more comfortable ride. Did they make me faster? Hard to say, but I felt faster.

I have never had a problem with them and I've used them for many years. I love the feeling of the ride. When I get a new set of tires I usually put new tubes in also. I'm overly paranoid about a failure at speed. But sometimes I've simply reused the Vittoria tubes. No problem. I've tested the max psi on one of my wheelsets to the point where the brake area moved slightly outward from the pressure. I run them anywhere between 90psi and 110 psi. I ride consistently at 100 or so, depending on how my body weight is fluctuating and the road surface. And I recall a chart, maybe on the box, about recommended psi/bar for a given weight. I use them on both an Easton wheelset and a Zipp 303 wheelset. If I do get a problem like the other reviewers I will be back to this post for the update with pictures.

I've used these off and on for a few years. In short, they just aren't reliable enough due to a manufacturer's defect around the valve stem (see my response to a review below). After a few hundred miles, sometimes much less, a hole will develop that will lead to sudden deflation. Installation is not at fault. Other brands (Michelin, Challenge, Vredestein) do not have the same issue. I like using latex tubes with clinchers and recognize their benefits and limitations, but the Vittoria version is just not reliable.

Previous reviews, years ago, indicated Vittoria has unreliable Latex 700c tubes. There's still some quality control not being given, with 3 tubes bursting once at 90psi - Vittoria gives no indicators for max/min pressures, only what's on the side of the tires being paired-up.
What's happening with either the tubes in 25-28c or, just a production run, is the tube expands from one section of its diameter and, the 3 previous all burst inside an uninstalled wheel, but in the exact area of the unmounted tube with just 5psi in the picture. The tubes must act like the one pictured; all building pressure outward from a deformed section of tube. If running the pressures I'd had a month ago, one or both may have failed during operation and likely ended a ride - at the very least.

In no way can I recommend these tubes, even if running half the air pressure. Dangerous and unreliable.

Nothing to do as for CC being responsible, glad that this was something handled by them as opposed to anyone else.

I am not one to complain about flats. The best tube or tire in the world can hit a nail or get pinched in a pothole in its first half mile, so this is not ever a metric of quality. But two of these tubes have had the same problem on different wheels: on the inside of the tube at the base of the stem, a hole appears and the tire goes flat. There is nothing in the rim at the location, and there is no puncture. The second incident occurred today while I was standing next to my bike. I heard a "whoosh" and the tire went flat. Glad I wasn't on a descent!



These are otherwise noticeably more supple than butyl, and did provide one and three months of riding, respectively. They do need to be pumped up every two days at least, but that is expected. But I'm not willing to risk this non-road-related issue.

Just wanted to comment on the other posts. I can't speak to what's in Stan's, and whether it will "dissolve" the tube, but it may not work with Latex tubes. Check with the Sealant manufacturer. I can speak to Vittoria's in the pressurized can. Per Vittoria, it's for Latex tubes, and I have used it for an Ironman event. It has some interesting qualities, so give it a trial run before the race\events.