Schwalbe SV14a 26" Tube Offering a unique advantage, the Schwalbe SV14a XX Light Tube is made for serious riders and racers looking to drop rotational weight from their bike while still maintaining durability - after all, a light tube may save time off your lap, but a puncture-prone tube will lose you the race. The XX Light tubes from Schwalbe go a little bit further and bring the weight down to an astonishing 95 grams each, which brings them on par with most latex tubes. However, the high-quality butyl rubber that Schwalbe uses, combined with the long extrusion time means that you get a consistent thickness and a better end product than what you would get with other materials. Like all Schwalbe tubes, you will notice the huge range of tyre sizes that they will fit, which is due to their high quality - no other brand's tubes can withstand such a broad range of tyre widths.
"A Tube is not just a Tube" Airtightness Apart from the quality of the ingredients, the purity of the rubber mixture is crucial to the quality of the tube. The base material is therefore sieved at enormous pressure through seven filters before being extruded. All tubes are inserted into a mould and inflated for vulcanization to ensure constant wall thickness and high air pressure retention.
Reliability All tubes are inflated and stored for 24 hours in order to test for air pressure retention. Afterwards each, individual tube undergoes a careful visual inspection. This special quality control helps prevent unpleasant surprises and is why, over many years, Schwalbe tubes have become highly respected for outstanding reliability by bicycle dealers. Elasticity Only high elasticity and good quality allows a tube to cover very many tire sizes. Tube No. 17 can fit tire widths between 28 mm and 47 mm and that is a big advantage to the trade and simultaneously it vouches for the tube’s quality. Only an extremely high-quality and reliable tube is up to to this requirement.
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