Michelin Airstop Butyl Road Bike Tube (Presta Valve)

by Michelin

Product Features

• 0.9mm wall thickness provides greater resistance to punctures & pinch flats than light weight tubes

Product Description

Airstop Butyl tubes answer the needs of everyday cyclists for economical, high quality inner tubes. In each size, Airstop Butyl tubes offer excellent puncture resistance and the consistently high quality.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001B00IS2
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,027 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #4 in Sports & Outdoors > Bikes & Accessories > Components & Parts > Tubes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Michelin Airstop bicycle tubes, June 11, 2009

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Jerome R. Greenberg "jeff240v" (Des Moines, Iowa USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Michelin Airstop Butyl Road Bike Tube (Presta Valve) (Misc.)

These French manufactured tubes are far superior to the "generic" tubes sourced from china. Molding is consistent, the valve is smooth and mechanically correct, dosen't tear up your pump head. Never have those "mystery" flats with these tubes. Do yourself a favor, spend a few cents more and ride with confidence, you'll wish you did when your changing tubes at the side of the road. Jerry ...(time marches on)...... OK dudes and dudettes, three years later and over ten thousand miles, guess what? No flats on my touring bike..., oh, replaced the tubes when I put 32 x 700 gators on, just had to use my spare new/old tubes for something... Jerry

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good quality tube, July 31, 2009

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matthew - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Michelin Airstop Butyl Road Bike Tube (Presta Valve) (Misc.)

I am impressed with the quality of these tubes right out of the box. The valves are well constructed which makes me happy since this is usually a fail point on other tubes. Overall a nice quality tube at generic tube prices. However this is not thorn resistant territory and if glass gets through your tire these tubes will puncture but that is more an issue with what tire you have.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Smooth valve is neat, September 16, 2009

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A. Verstak - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Michelin Airstop Butyl Road Bike Tube (Presta Valve) (Misc.)

Pump's head comes off the smooth valve much easier than off the normal threaded valve. It's a small thing but I found it very pleasant to use.

I also used Maxxis' and Continental's tubes. In your hand, Maxxis feels the flimsiest, Michelin is in the middle, and Continental feels the toughest. However, I didn't notice any difference in reliability while commuting 100 miles per week. Nearly all failures were punctures by external objects, which would probably puncture any tube. Even if one of these is more reliable than the other, folks like me would probably not be able to tell.

But threadless valves are way cool!

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