General: Veloplugs vs. rim strips - Not really worth it....

In an effort to save some rotation weight on my wheels, I fell into the trap of buying some Veloplugs, to replace my standard Velox rim strips. They are claimed to saved abit of rotation weight on your wheels, but I found some problems with them.

First off, Velox weights 16g on my scale, and for 32 Veloplugs, they weighed 5g. Okay, so that is a tiny savings. However, I'm riding 28/24 spoke rims, so each wheels plugs where actually around 3-4g.

Anyway, using the plugs I saved about 12g per wheel. Okay, wow.

Problem...I've been riding with Continetal Supersonic tubes that weight 50g each, which is super light. However, after putting in the plugs, I blew 3 tubes in 2 days because the little plastic plugs rub the tube and wear a hole it in super quickly (sometimes even inflating the tire to max PSI made them go flat)

So, since these light tubes don't work with Veloplugs, I had to go to using a standard thickness tube, which on average are about 90-100g.

So...what's the point in trying to save rotation weight on your wheels by using Veloplugs, if you have to use a thicker, heavier tube with them so they don't give you flats!

My other complaint is, they are a pain in the ass to get out. I would much rather just pull off a strip of tape.

Conclusion - Veloplugs, not worth the money and a poor invention.

i've used them for about 3 years with no problems. maybe the hole diameter is bigger than velocity rims? when i talked to the velocity rep one year at interbike he said it might not work with some rims.