I suspect this is going to fall into the category of "too-insignificant-to-care-about" for many people but I'm going to throw it out there anyway; has anyone attempted to quantify the differences in rolling resistance of different brands of latex tubes?
I ask because I've been using Michelin Air Comp latex tubes for a couple of years now, with a noticeable improvement over standard butyl tubes, but I've recently switched over one bike to Vittoria latex tubes; one thing that I immediately noticed is that they don't make the nice characteristic hollow hum of the Michelin tubes as you're blasting along, although I'm not sure if that's a good, bad or even a relevant thing with regard to rolling resistance.
So, the big question is, has anyone tried to quantify which brand of latex tubes are fastest?!
I ask because I've been using Michelin Air Comp latex tubes for a couple of years now, with a noticeable improvement over standard butyl tubes, but I've recently switched over one bike to Vittoria latex tubes; one thing that I immediately noticed is that they don't make the nice characteristic hollow hum of the Michelin tubes as you're blasting along, although I'm not sure if that's a good, bad or even a relevant thing with regard to rolling resistance.
So, the big question is, has anyone tried to quantify which brand of latex tubes are fastest?!