# Souplesse Casings and Bike Soup - The Tire Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Bikes\ **Created:** [August 1, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52 "2018-08-01T11:55:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 227
**Author:** ![anon3547885](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@anon3547885](https://tarck.cc/u/anon3547885)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4534 "2022-01-19T22:21:19Z")
> [@frank\_doktor](#): > > There is the valve (large portion that nut (valve lockring) tightens down) and the valve core, tiny spinny bit that threads into it. Also this doesn’t make sense. A valve is a device for controlling the passage of fluid or air, thus “replacing the valve” is replacing the part that modulates the flow of air. That other part you are referring to is the valve stem. The complete assembly is formally referred to as “the air hole” ![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/8/0/80543e304124fee5d9de250c7070ea9d1e62378d.jpeg) ^Only semi serious ---
**Author:** ![Crustradamus](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/crustradamus/32/7841_2.png) [@Crustradamus](https://tarck.cc/u/Crustradamus)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4535 "2022-01-19T23:20:40Z")
valve stem and valve core ---
**Author:** ![turpentine](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/turpentine/32/51348_2.png) [@turpentine](https://tarck.cc/u/turpentine)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4536 "2022-01-20T16:17:49Z")
what’d you just call me ---
**Author:** ![Crustradamus](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/crustradamus/32/7841_2.png) [@Crustradamus](https://tarck.cc/u/Crustradamus)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4537 "2022-01-20T16:20:29Z")
oh blow it out your air hole ---
**Author:** ![LASER\_BEIGE](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/laser_beige/32/152421_2.png) [@LASER\_BEIGE](https://tarck.cc/u/LASER_BEIGE)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4538 "2022-01-20T22:21:25Z")
What are those super expensive tubes called And are they as good as 10x regular tubes? ---
**Author:** ![Perlhammered](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/perlhammered/32/4493_2.png) [@Perlhammered](https://tarck.cc/u/Perlhammered)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4539 "2022-01-20T22:24:02Z")
Tubolito? Helped a pal use one a couple of weeks ago to stuff in a burped and slashed reen hers tubeless and it was easy enough, got him the next 35 miles home. ---
**Author:** ![Unknown.Gnome](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/unknown.gnome/32/134778_2.png) [@Unknown.Gnome](https://tarck.cc/u/Unknown.Gnome)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4540 "2022-01-20T22:34:35Z")
Turbolitos are are fine as spares but I wouldn’t start a ride with them. I don’t have personal experience but my friend has gone through a few and they don’t seem to hold air very long. I just Cary a latex lube as a spare cause they’re half the price. ---
**Author:** ![Rusty\_Piton](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/rusty_piton/32/579_2.png) [@Rusty\_Piton](https://tarck.cc/u/Rusty_Piton)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4541 "2022-01-20T23:07:51Z")
What’s the point of them? Just to be orange and special for special boys? ---
**Author:** ![rabbi](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/rabbi/32/573_2.png) [@rabbi](https://tarck.cc/u/rabbi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4542 "2022-01-20T23:25:17Z")
they’re 1/3rd the weight of a regular tube. ---
**Author:** ![halbritt](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@halbritt](https://tarck.cc/u/halbritt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4543 "2022-01-20T23:26:01Z")
Very light, very tiny. They’re for dumbasses like myself with more money than sense that aren’t brave enough to go without a tube in our saddle pack but wish we could. ---
**Author:** ![cousinmosquito](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/cousinmosquito/32/105410_2.png) [@cousinmosquito](https://tarck.cc/u/cousinmosquito)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4544 "2022-01-20T23:29:35Z")
Yes, pack up real small. But you have to use the special expensive patches etc on them so I feel like they are a one use kind of a bail-out thing. By the time you have packed your plugs, and your sewing kit and your special valve removal tools you dont want another patching system. ---
**Author:** ![halbritt](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@halbritt](https://tarck.cc/u/halbritt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4545 "2022-01-21T00:11:30Z")
> [@cousinmosquito](#): > > they are a one use kind of a bail-out thing Yup. Kinda how I treat them. Basically, if I flat badly enough that sealant or a plug won’t work. The one time that happened, I’d torn open a big enough hole in the tire that a tube was gonna die anyway. Got me home though. ---
**Author:** ![schultzor](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/schultzor/32/709_2.png) [@schultzor](https://tarck.cc/u/schultzor)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4546 "2022-01-21T00:36:50Z")
> They’re for dumbasses like myself It me ---
**Author:** ![Crustradamus](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/crustradamus/32/7841_2.png) [@Crustradamus](https://tarck.cc/u/Crustradamus)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:56am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4547 "2022-01-21T03:56:47Z")
![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/4/8/4821c1c46cfacc4e8959a8ac00c2858dc662738b.jpeg) ![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/a/3/a3e8e5bab45b32681b2ae2a995a39f9eec573b1b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![yonderboy](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/yonderboy/32/159376_2.png) [@yonderboy](https://tarck.cc/u/yonderboy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4548 "2022-01-21T04:39:24Z")
Nunc lac bibendum est ---
**Author:** ![Rusty\_Piton](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/rusty_piton/32/579_2.png) [@Rusty\_Piton](https://tarck.cc/u/Rusty_Piton)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4549 "2022-01-21T16:15:18Z")
What tire is that? ---
**Author:** ![Rent-to-own-Faxmachine](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/rent-to-own-faxmachine/32/80299_2.png) [@Rent-to-own-Faxmachine](https://tarck.cc/u/Rent-to-own-Faxmachine)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4550 "2022-01-21T16:31:40Z")
What size is that Conti on the right? ---
**Author:** ![Crustradamus](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/crustradamus/32/7841_2.png) [@Crustradamus](https://tarck.cc/u/Crustradamus)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4551 "2022-01-21T16:33:50Z")
@Orloved ---
**Author:** ![frank\_doktor](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/frank_doktor/32/12_2.png) [@frank\_doktor](https://tarck.cc/u/frank_doktor)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4552 "2022-01-21T16:36:08Z")
> **[Michelin Pilot Slope Tubeless Ready 26" Tire - Width: 2.25"](https://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=103746)** > > Michelin Pilot Slope Tubeless Ready 26" Tire - Width: 2.25" :: From $39.99 :: Michelin 26 Inch Tires ---
**Author:** ![Orloved](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/orloved/32/25075_2.png) [@Orloved](https://tarck.cc/u/Orloved)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52/4553 "2022-01-21T17:12:32Z")
yes! these things – tossed em into a bike24 order to save a few bucks on some bad magura decisions, same with those 530-odd gram 26x2.2 racekings with the sidewall protection. I might swap the Homages on my Cimarron for the michelins and put the racekings on the Litespeed, or vice versa. The Michelins look and feel a lot more supple, even if they’re a little heavier (570g) than the Contis. Tire swapping while tubeless is annoying! [Previous page](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52.md?page=226) [Next page](https://tarck.cc/t/souplesse-casings-and-bike-soup-the-tire-thread/52.md?page=228)