Tubulars or Clinchers for upcoming Rapha Race?
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Tubulars or Clinchers for upcoming Rapha Race?
Postby ValleyForge » Sun May 25, 2014 9:52 pm
Or am I completely mad and I should just see if I can borrow clinchers?
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Re: Tubulars or Clinchers for upcoming Rapha Race?
Postby Cul » Mon May 26, 2014 11:05 am
Life is too short to ride clinchers!
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Re: Tubulars or Clinchers for upcoming Rapha Race?
Postby ValleyForge » Mon May 26, 2014 11:47 am
I agree! I've been riding tubulars since 1981, but only on good surfaces (Friday/Saturday rides). I've never dabbled in the dark arts of sealant, just always carried a spare under the seat.Cul wrote:Life is too short to ride clinchers!
I'm just not sure of what to expect on a local level on the ride.....
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Re: Tubulars or Clinchers for upcoming Rapha Race?
Postby PomBike » Tue May 27, 2014 5:46 pm
and lifes to short to repair tubsCul wrote:Life is too short to ride clinchers!
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Re: Tubulars or Clinchers for upcoming Rapha Race?
Postby ValleyForge » Wed May 28, 2014 11:37 am
Impossible with the Veloflex tyres. I can't shift the backing tape! In actual fact, I can only remember one that punctured well before it's "due date".PomBike wrote:and lifes to short to repair tubsCul wrote:Life is too short to ride clinchers!
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Re: Tubulars or Clinchers for upcoming Rapha Race?
Postby Dimis » Thu May 29, 2014 10:58 am
I only begrudgingly started riding them after purchasing a set (sight unseen on evil-bay) by accident...
Hey, there were cheap...
Boy, was that the best mistake I ever made. Rode 'em for ages before getting a flat, and I certainly felt the difference in pedal effort too (lighter wheels may have had something to do with this too, to be fair)...
But now I ride tubulars everywhere without a second thought!
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Re: Tubulars or Clinchers for upcoming Rapha Race?
Postby bomber » Thu May 29, 2014 1:42 pm
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Re: Tubulars or Clinchers for upcoming Rapha Race?
Postby ValleyForge » Thu May 29, 2014 4:56 pm
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Re: Tubulars or Clinchers for upcoming Rapha Race?
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Re: Tubulars or Clinchers for upcoming Rapha Race?
Postby ironhanglider » Thu May 29, 2014 11:40 pm
You'd be surprised how well a tubular can stick to a rim when there is no glue on it at all. I know one person who bought a second hand wheel with a tubular on it for TTs and raced on it for months before he realised that it wasn't glued.ValleyForge wrote:I agree, but I'm not happy with how replacement tubulars stick to carbon rims. With the alloy rims & vittoria/clement glue combination of old, there was a security I've not got with adhesion to carbon.
I've finished races on replaced tubulars too. As long as you're still able to pedal around the corners, the centre of pressure is still well within the width of the rim. It usually takes both cornering hard and hitting a bump/pedal etc to roll a tyre.
BTW replacing a tubular in a race used to be quick. Now that people are sticking them on better to reduce rolling resistance it is much slower. I've just about removed thumbnails trying to get them off with much cursing, I now carry a tyre lever.
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Re: Tubulars or Clinchers for upcoming Rapha Race?
Postby toolonglegs » Fri May 30, 2014 3:18 pm
Carry an aerosol bomb... Works well with a lot of tubular punctures... I think it is the Vittoria ones I have. Quick enough that you might have a chance to get back on.ValleyForge wrote:I agree, but I'm not happy with how replacement tubulars stick to carbon rims. With the alloy rims & vittoria/clement glue combination of old, there was a security I've not got with adhesion to carbon.
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Re: Tubulars or Clinchers for upcoming Rapha Race?
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Re: Tubulars or Clinchers for upcoming Rapha Race?
Postby softy » Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:11 pm
Eg:
A open tubular of the exactly same tyre to a tubular.
I have run the vittoria sc evo in tubular and clincher (identical) and they both seem to puncture the same in the conditions I ride, which is pretty regularly. Haven't had to much success with this brand. . But even still, due to my known experience this is pretty non-conclusive.
So I would be a little reluctant to say with certainty that tubulars puncture less.
I would also say the ability of a tyre to stay on a rim unglued could relate to the brand. Veloflex go on like butter whilst a continental just about breaks your fingers. The natural tension of the tyre may play a part to "rolling the tyre" without glue.
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Re: Tubulars or Clinchers for upcoming Rapha Race?
Postby jimsheedy » Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:44 pm
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Re: Tubulars or Clinchers for upcoming Rapha Race?
Postby ValleyForge » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:37 pm
Tubulars would have coped with most of the gravel, but the corrugated segments had turned up a lot of rocks & old concrete after the rain. I know I'd have had more punch left on the lighter wheels, but run a goodly risk of letting the team down.
And after I cleaned the huge amount of gravel off the bike/drivetrain/toolbag.... the tubulars are back on!
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