Video Tubular Tutorial

[paczki]

Nice!

http://www.velonews.com/article/74487/bike-tech-tubular-tires-a-four-part-video-tutorial

[cadence231]

Merci'!

[paczki]

Does anyone understand what soaking the tire is supposed to do? Make it easier to go on the stretching rim?

[pdbrye]

Yo, thanks so much for the heads up!!

[Dave B]

Does anyone understand what soaking the tire is supposed to do? Make it easier to go on the stretching rim?


yes I think he was alluding to wet cotton being easier to stretch then dry.

Again I am simply thinking about the science of the cotton material. I have NO experience in actually doing this.

[thwart]

This makes running tubies look like a ton of work...

Removing all old glue completely is not absolutely necessary, as long as it is hard, not all heaped up and chunky, and firmly stuck down---at least that's what I've heard... but then again I don't race or corner hard, at low angles.

And long, long descents...not in the upper Midwest :rolleyes: .

[cadence231]

Does anyone understand what soaking the tire is supposed to do? Make it easier to go on the stretching rim?


I am assuming the wetting of the cotton is similar to the Jeans stretcher (http://jeanstretcher.com/) effect.
bloated.

[mschol17]

To the experts in the audience, are these videos missing anything or overstating anything?