Vittoria -- it was the cheapest I could find.

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Vittoria (not Race) with 51mm valves.

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Vittoria. I find they hold air better than the Vittoria tubulars, which makes me think they are thicker.

Haven't had a puncture with them yet (one blowout due to a sidewall failure of the tire).

Used to use sealant with them until I saw the chunky, snotty mess after that blowout.

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Also vittoria, basically they were cheapest ;) got them online. Never seen them stocked at an LBS (but have not looked hard for them)

I am using the Vredesteins and I order them online through Western Bike Works. I have only had one fail, but it was user error as I allowed the tire to go completely flat and wasn't careful when I pumped it back up again.

michelin 13$ cdn on wiggle

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Vittoria via TriSports (it's a great way to use the USAT membership credit).

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I have used both the Challenge and Vittoria tubes, and I prefer the Vittoria by far. The latex is thicker on the Vittoria tubing. I'm sure it weighs more, but the Vittoria is a little more forgiving with installation.

Of those listed, I've had good experiences with the Vittoria ones (they are red). My only other latex tube was Michelin and I had a lot of problems with them around the valve-stem area.

Whatever I find cheapest. I use latex for everything -- 700/23 road, 700/32 for 'cross, 26 and 29 x 2.2 mtb -- so I have to shop around.

I've used those four and the Michelins and beside user error and a rare bad batch I haven't had an issue with any of them.

Bontrager's with removable valves.

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Same here, I can get them locally if I get in a bind. Price has gone up $3 over the last few years though.

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+1, however the OP did stipulate removable cores, which the Michelins are not.

I've always gone Vittoria when I want removable core, Michelin when I don't. Never had any issues with either.

Vittoria with 51mm stems and removable valve cores. I've used challenge and michelin in the past and had various issues with each... might be a small sample size anecdote though.

As i can see, there no clear favorite here...

Challenge but they are more difficult to install than Vittoria's.

Anybody know how the Bontrager race x lite compares to some of the others mentioned? I founds some laying around and they appear to be a lightweight butyl. With that in mind do you miss out on most of the latex advantages?

Yes.

I have Bontrager, but haven't used them yet. Special order from LBS (although they now stock Vittoria). I've used Race XXX Lite butyl tubes w/RVC for years, but about to switch to latex for deep section wheels (Aeolus 9.0s).

Just stuck with what to do about the rear disc (900). There already isn't much room for a chuck, even using 32mm stems.

From previous threads, it looks like the Michelin 40s (actually 36mm) are about the shortest available. Short of taking a Dremel to the carbon, are there any other options that I'm missing for shorter-stemmed latex tubes?

Getting air into the disc has almost been more trouble than it's worth. I'm wondering if it might be just as fast to race an Aeolus 9.0 w/latex as it would be a disc w/butyl (Santa Cruz course - flat and windy).

Which valve extenders are you using with those? I just ordered some from there, but afterwards realized they don't have a removable core.

I use the bontragers because my LBS carries them and I get a big discount. I've used challenge and vreds as well. I think vreds were my favorites, bontragers second, and challenge third...but I can't really put my finger on why. Challenge were the only ones that failed for any reason beside a puncture - yesterday in fact, I pushed my pump head onto the valve stem and it blew, failed at the valve stem. That being said they were 2 years old and had been installed and removed many times. They don't seem to be nearly as fragile as some people make them out to be. I hit some debris on the road and just happened to catch a red blur a little while later as my tire was spinning. I stopped and found a pretty good size red bubble of challenge tube protruding through a sidewall cut. It never blew though. I changed it out with my butyl spare which did not stick out through the sidewall but I put the challenge tube back in when I changed the tire. Figured it would blow pretty soon after that due to the stress on it bubbling out through the side of the tire, but it's either still going over a year later, or it's the one that blew yesterday for unrelated reasons.