snedden9485 wrote:twizzle wrote:snedden9485 wrote:Pardon my ignorance, but are these the same as 'tubular' tyres that the pros use and track riders use at high pressure eg 160psi?
Nope - tubeless clinchers is what we are talking about. Tubulars have the tube enclosed in the tyre and the tyre is glued to the rim.
I see i see. Sounds like a good thing for racing where punctures are an issue.
Screw that - I'm sick of fixing punctures in fog and drizzle with frozen hands by bike light before the sun has come up over the horizon. Bugger racing!
Actually, I haven't raced since Easter. But I did kick arse with the PedalPower 'social' ride on the weekend... 109km at 27.6 avg (buggered the average waiting for slow people
), first on two out of three climbs and second on the third, and I'm still a fat bastard on a steelie. Come to think of it... the three of us going strong at the end were all on steel. Plastic and Beercans were dropped by the wayside as the Rust Buckets hammered home.
Two people were changing flats at the start, and we collected two riders from the 'slow' group near the end of the ride after they punctured and got dropped.
Anyway - I digress. Sitting in a box at work are three tyres and a bottle of sealant which appeared at my post office box this morning, only four days after I placed my order. Now, if only I had some valve stems and rim tape to complement it...
I ride, therefore I am. But don't ride into harm's way.
...real cyclists don't have squeaky chains...