In general, weight is an important issue for bicycles used as sports equipment. What are the advantages of saving weight? How can I make my bike lighter? And how much does it cost me?
Acceleration advantage: The weight of the full setup (rider + bike) of 80 kg can be reduced by 164 grams by replacing conventional butyl tubes with S-Tubo-Road. The following table shows that this weight saving on the wheels has a positive effect on the effort required for acceleration:
inner tube used | full setup weight | watts required for acceleration to36 km/h |
Butyl Road(98 grams) | 80,00 kg | 412,00 watts |
S-Tubo-Road(23 grams) | 79,85 kg | 409,80 watts |
Therefore, you can easily and quickly save 2,2 watts with using a S-Tubo-Road.
Conversely, this means of course that with the same amount of force, the bike that is lighter accelerates faster and at a higher speed. Here you can find a test video:
In theory and in practice, you can see that a lighter bike has significant advantages when it comes to acceleration. How can weight be saved in the first place?
Lightweight versions are available for most components: saddles, wheels and the like are available in different weight and price categories. It is obvious that lighter means more expensive. The following two diagrams show the price/weight ratio of saddles and wheels.
The cheapest wheelset in our diagram costs approximately 145 € but weighs a hefty 2280 grams. In contrast, the wheelset weighing only 1350 grams costs 1613 €.
For both, saddles and wheels, a weight saving of 1 gram costs an average of 1.60 €.
On the other hand, with Tubolitos you can reduce weight much more favorably. For example: S-Tubo-MTB weighs 45 grams for 29″ wheels, which is 175 grams less than a standard tube made of butyl. According to our diagram, S-Tubo-MTB should sell for just under 280.00 €. In fact, it costs 32.90 € and is therefore an extremely favorable weight tuning in comparison to saddles or wheels, since you only have to spend 0.30 € per gram saved.
With Tubolito you do not have to spend a fortune on weight tuning and still have a light bike for fast acceleration and especially for hill climbs.
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In case we ask you to submit product information about your Tubolito for quality review purposes, please send us the following two codes.
Step 1. Finding the Product Code of your Tubolito:
The product code is a 9 digit code next to the Tubolito logo on your tube.
In the example picture: 907111206
Step 2. Finding the Batch Code of your Tubolito:
The batch code is made up of 4 or 5 digits and a letter and is printed right underneath the name of your Tubolito.
In the example picture: 19465A
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