Making the transition to tubulars
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Not as fast, simple or clean as doing clinchers but I'm on my fourth set of tubulars and I can now get two old ones ripped from the rims and two new ones installed and pretty well centered in less than half an hour.stax wrote: ↑Mon Aug 21, 2017 10:32 amAfter many hours of research on this and the glueing tubulars thread, I recently put my first set of Enve 4.5 tubs onto a new Mosaic RT1 frame. I went into the process a bit nervous but feeling well prepared from all the reading I'd done and it was a smooth and simple process. I didn't do a great job of centring the front but it wasn't too noticeable till riding. I have since removed, re-glued and re-centred it, and that too was a simple process, purely because I felt knowledgeable going into it. Many thanks to the good folks who give their time and experience to help out us tub noobs on this forum. I wouldn't have considered moving from clinchers had I not had this amount of information simply and freely available.
Thanks again, and for anybody wondering- yes, it is very much worth it.
I have plenty of cycling buddies who'll take longer than that to change 2 clincher tires.
And just like you, mainly thanks to the great info on this forum and the (lesser) info in a Spanish one I frequent.
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Well stuff that! I've been training on tubulars for the last 7 months and got my first puncture today, took me over half an hour to peel the old tyre off and then a nightmare to stretch the spare pre glued tyre on.
I used to race on tubulars over 20 years ago but training on them...f#@&k that! I'm back to clinchers for my training wheels from now on...
I used to race on tubulars over 20 years ago but training on them...f#@&k that! I'm back to clinchers for my training wheels from now on...
Use tape and can have a tyre changed in minutes and im a novice. It's so easy and clean. Carry a tufo tyre, nice a light no pre stretching and you'll be on your way in 5 mins with clean hands.Wingnut wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 1:06 pmWell stuff that! I've been training on tubulars for the last 7 months and got my first puncture today, took me over half an hour to peel the old tyre off and then a nightmare to stretch the spare pre glued tyre on.
I used to race on tubulars over 20 years ago but training on them...f#@&k that! I'm back to clinchers for my training wheels from now on...
You mean use tape on the spare tire or on the original mount?KCookie wrote:Use tape and can have a tyre changed in minutes and im a novice. It's so easy and clean. Carry a tufo tyre, nice a light no pre stretching and you'll be on your way in 5 mins with clean hands.Wingnut wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 1:06 pmWell stuff that! I've been training on tubulars for the last 7 months and got my first puncture today, took me over half an hour to peel the old tyre off and then a nightmare to stretch the spare pre glued tyre on.
I used to race on tubulars over 20 years ago but training on them...f#@&k that! I'm back to clinchers for my training wheels from now on...
A buddy of mine his TT was mounted with tape... guess he’s not as paranoid like me worrying about tubs rolling off the tape.
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Just use the original tape. When you pull the tyre off the tape will stay on the rim. Mount the spare tyre and carry on riding. So easy with no mess. All done in 5 mins. Once im home I put new tape on and a new tyre.
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