Anybody ever run tubeless road clinchers? I sure like big tubeless mountain bike tires, and it seems like less hassle than tubular.
No, you missed the point due to your lack of knowledge on the subject. You replace the tire while on the ride with a pre-glued spare (total time 5-10 minutes) and then you can replace or patch the punctured tube inside the tubular once you get home. You pull the base tape stitching apart, then patch, then stitch it back up. It’s really not that hard. The other thing is I so rarely get flats that I often kill a tire before getting a flat on it.
The tires are starting to get good enough to merit making the jump. Once Michelin does a Pro Race 3 style tire tubeless I’ll be on it.
No, you missed the point due to your lack of knowledge on the subject. You replace the tire while on the ride with a pre-glued spare (total time 5-10 minutes) and then you can replace or patch the punctured tube inside the tubular once you get home. You pull the base tape stitching apart, then patch, then stitch it back up. It’s really not that hard. The other thing is I so rarely get flats that I often kill a tire before getting a flat on it.[/quote]
Instead of being a jerkoff maybe you should re-read what i wrote. I never said you had to throw the tire away.
to patch tube in tubular.
peel off short section of basetape, usually a few inches…
open tire casing.
pull out small section of tube.
patch.
put some chalk or something on tube so it seats well in casing.
sew open section back up, overlapping a few stitches on each side.
glue basetape back down.
let dry.
i don’t see where at that point you’re pretty much replacing the whole tire…
[quote=cookietruck]to patch tube in tubular.
peel off short section of basetape, usually a few inches…
open tire casing.
pull out small section of tube.
patch.
put some chalk or something on tube so it seats well in casing.
sew open section back up, overlapping a few stitches on each side.
glue basetape back down.
let dry.
i don’t see where at that point you’re pretty much replacing the whole tire…[/quote]
So you’re gonna do all this on the side of the road? I was implying that for roadside changes you’re better off with clinchers and not tubs.
no anamoly already said. you just swap on your pre-glued spare. takes the same amount of time as swapping a tube…or less time.
you fix the flatted tire at home.
The 5-10 minute tubular change depends a great deal on how well the tire was glued on to begin with.
For a triathlete glue job its easy but most of the tires we glue are for crit racers and are a fucking bear to get off (as they should be).
I say a tubular tire that is easy enough to change on the side of the road is not glued on well enough for my liking. But then again the only time I ever run tubies is on a race bike.
If you want best of both worlds either go with a Vittoria “open” tubular clincher. They ride just as nice as any tubular tire does…
sure you can carry a pre-glued and stretched tire, but as mentioned in another post (cookie i think), what if that one flats? if you put a new tube in a clincher and get another flat you can patch that…you can’t, to my knowledge, patch a tubular tire like you can a tube.
i’ve looked into riding tubulars because i have a pair of unbuilt rims just hanging out and i thought about using them. this was the deciding factor for me–if i’m at work i’m fucked if this happens. regardless of likelihood, the tradeoff is not worth the risk. granted, i have a different standards based on different needs, but i feel like this is an important factor for anyone considering tubulars on the street–whether you can deal with having an unfixable flat in a scenario that could happen.
i wouldn’t just say “on the streets” is always jackass, but if you’re not riding in lycra (or wool, or whatever)… probably should stick with clinchers for day-to-day use.
didn’t the y-ccan roll tubuse on them mean northern streets?
I heard somewhere that you can’t skid a tubular…
i have tubulars on one of my bikes and i’m usually commuting on it unless its raining
guess how many flats i have gotten in about a year on that bike…one
also i gotta say most multiple flats come from not finding the shit in your tire thats giving you a flat
when you swap tires such as in a preglued stretched tubular situation you eliminate this problem
[quote=dooktruck]i have tubulars on one of my bikes and i’m usually commuting on it unless its raining
guess how many flats i have gotten in about a year on that bike…one
also i gotta say most multiple flats come from not finding the shit in your tire thats giving you a flat
when you swap tires such as in a preglued stretched tubular situation you eliminate this problem[/quote]
tell me.
good idea to ride 100 miles on rear tubular that has threads showing?
dumdum.
i had a spare
i feel like my biggest concern would be rolling the pre-flued flat replacement, but if your ejust commuting home, probably wouldn’t be a big deal at all… hard t roll a tubular without going real fast or cornering at high speeds.
BS. i run tubulars on all of my bikes including two brakeless ones. They skid allright - after 2 years, the main bike’s rear cross section is more like _/ than U but that’s it.
when i flatted on that ride i was worried about rolling the tire
and dudes said they would ease the pace then they sped up
bastards
but i didnt roll the tire and i was cornering fast
i didnt even bother to reglue it until i had to replace a spoke about a month later
it was on good even after having been preglued months before
i think he may have been joking.
but anyway. yeah. glue well and no problems wit da skidz.
lulz. you can afraid of crashing?