Introducing TPU-Specific Road Tires
Tubeless is great for many applications, but it comes with the hassle of having to top up sealant frequently. If you don’t ride on debris-strewn highway shoulders (where the sealant will seal small punctures from glass and steel wires) and if your tires are wide enough (so you don’t get pinch flats), TPU tubes are a great choice: They roll faster than tubeless, are lighter than sealant, and make your tires and bike feel alive.
TPU tubes can be used with any tire, but why not make a road tire specifically for TPU tubes and modern rims? That’s what we have done: Rene Herse is now offering the TPU-specific version of our best-selling 700C x 31 Orondo Grade tires with a matching TPU tube as a set at a special price.
Originally designed for tubeless installation, our Orondo Grade tires use an ultralight and extra-strong bead material. What if we took that bead, but left out the liner that makes the Orondos airtight for tubeless installation? The answer is the ultimate road tire for TPU tubes: even lighter, even faster, and tailor-made for modern rims.
The supple casings of Rene Herse tires and the ultra-light and fast-rolling TPU tubes perfectly complement each other. Choose the comfortable and affordable Standard casing, or take performance, comfort and feel of your bike to an entirely new level with the Extralight.
Rene Herse TPU tubes have patented all-metal valves. This eliminates the mysterious leaks that can occur with plastic valve stems—they tend to deform when the metal valve cores are screwed in.
We are offering the TPU-specific Orondo Grades as a set with matching TPU tubes at a special price. For the tires, choose between Standard with tanwalls or Extralight casing with tan- or blackwalls. The tubes are available with 50 mm valves (polished or black) or 70 mm valves (black only).
Need a different size? No problem: All Rene Herse tires are compatible with TPU tubes, and we offer TPU tubes for every tire in the Rene Herse program. What makes the Orondos special is the ultralight bead material and the fact that their 31 mm size is the sweet spot for modern road bikes.
What else to know?
- All Orondo Grade tires work only with modern rims that have a relatively deep ETRTO-spec well in the center. Do not use with classic rims that have a very shallow well (Mavic MA-2, MA-40, many Campagnolo models, etc.)—the tires will be very difficult to mount. For those rims, we recommend our 700C x 32 Stampede Pass.
- The TPU-specific Orondos use a tubeless-compatible bead and are marked ‘TC’ (tubeless-compatible) to indicate that they are compatible with modern tubeless rims. However, they are not recommended for tubeless installations: They may not seal easily.
More Information:
