Need help choosing tubular tyres
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Need help choosing tubular tyres
Postby Chaderotti » Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:46 pm
I have no idea what I should be looking for.
Should I just go with Conti Sprinters for about 50 bucks each, or go up to Dugast cottons for about 87 bucks each? Or should I go in between?
And rim cement, should I get Conti tub cement which is 'specialised' for carbon rims?
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Re: Need help choosing tubular tyres
Postby foo on patrol » Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:48 pm
What about silks?
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Re: Need help choosing tubular tyres
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Re: Need help choosing tubular tyres
Postby Chaderotti » Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:36 pm
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Re: Need help choosing tubular tyres
Postby toppity » Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:09 pm
I've got these on my new Basso. Can't wait to give them a go.Chaderotti wrote:I eventually chose a pair of Sonderklasse's and tape
I've also just snagged a set of Campy Record Cranks for it as well.
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Re: Need help choosing tubular tyres
Postby Chaderotti » Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:22 pm
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Re: Need help choosing tubular tyres
Postby Chaderotti » Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:06 pm
Because of the bulge it's not completely in contact with the tape.
Speaking of tape, I'll probably glue my front tyre just to spice things up.
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Re: Need help choosing tubular tyres
Postby foo on patrol » Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:49 am
I have to be honest and say, I haven't seen what the rims of today are like as far as the countersunk area of the valve goes.
Did you put the tub on prior to gluing to see if there was a bump at the valve area when pumped up, while spinning the wheel?
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Re: Need help choosing tubular tyres
Postby Chaderotti » Wed Jan 19, 2011 1:28 pm
I think what I'll do is tear off the tyre, and maybe put clamps or something either side of the tyre to make the area's either side of the tyre come in contact with the rim.
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Re: Need help choosing tubular tyres
Postby foo on patrol » Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:29 pm
Don't suppose you could throw up a pic, so that I can see it?
Does your valve stem have a thread so that you can screw it down?
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Re: Need help choosing tubular tyres
Postby Chaderotti » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:07 pm
I put a thin, even layer on the rear wheel (completely messed up the front) and barely had enough for the tyre. It's sitting at the moment, probably mount it up in half an hour.
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Re: Need help choosing tubular tyres
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Re: Need help choosing tubular tyres
Postby toppertee » Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:10 pm
Just remove the tubular and increase the dia of the hole to aprox 12mm in the rim.
Should be no lump under the tubular then. I had the same issue on my tubs and this fixed the problem.
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