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Yup, yer still deep into the 'clicnhers are better' camp..'great clinchers and above average tubulars are a wash'..paraphrased..not interested in looking up what you said..Back to 'tired of trying to convince'..part of this really long, typical winter time, thread.. Quote:
Glad you like clinchers, ride on..gonna keep my tubulars, thanks..once again..I see NO compelling reason to use any clincher..ever.. OUT
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The other axis could be Shimano vs. Campagnolo.
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I work with a guy who complains the same way about every problem: "Gawd, I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue!" I think of my coworker and all of my childhood model airplane projects gone wrong when I see this thread.
Someday I may get around to building some sweet tubular wheels to realize once and for all the rim nirvana of yore. I don't feel much urgency in this moment. I'd like to find someone who is willing to lend me a spare set for testing purposes before making the investment. An appeal of tubs for me is safety, but I've never seen that quantified. I imagine the increased risk from clinchers is marginal. My curiosity is probably best explained by ethos: some bike sages love tubs. Last edited by grognaak; 03-28-2019 at 07:02 PM. |
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I think a lot of the pros and cons come down to being comfortable with what you are use to and seeing no reason to change.
I raced on tubulars for about 20 years and trained on mostly clinchers. When I stopped racing, I found myself eventually using exclusively clinchers. It would probably be a pain to transition back although it is tempting to see what those old Lew Composite tubular wheels would feel like. Of course, I’d have to pull out the old C-40 because my new bikes have disks (man do I regret that!). For me the slicing and dicing of one being better than the other kind of becomes irrelevant considering that I know how to use what I’m using and don’t have to relearn the tubular routine. If I ever found myself being 20 something again and racing, I’d 100% race tubulars. A longtime local cycling friend from days of racing -who is also on this forum - is still exclusively on tubulars…. He is a lot smarter than me; maybe I should rethink this. But then he uses ball point pens rather than my obviously superior fountain pens. . |
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That's beautiful. A perfect setup.
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If you're riding gravel (as defined by the pretty smooth stuff we have in the DC area right now) you owe it to yourself to ride tubulars. Ride's even better than tubeless.
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I love my tubular tires.
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My city racer with plush 27mm Dugasts. A can of Vittoria Pitstop at the bottom of the groceryshopping/lugage bag just to be sure...
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I got a flat the other day on the Mean Streets of the San Gabriel River Trail and to my dismay I had forgotten my Pitstop and a spare. At least 200 cyclists rode by (it was a Sunday) and none could help. Ah, but my bike looked rad with those tasty Arenbergs. Hay, do tridorks ride tubulars?
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Some do use tubulars but most don't cuz they have no neutral support, no pits, no cars following..so they gotta change their own tires..so clinchers mostly. Remember most tri-sexuals are not cyclists and view the 'bike' as the thing between the 'swim' and the 'run'..plus for tri people that time even their 'transitions'..doubt they would stop anyway...
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I just got a nice set of Boras from KarlC and got some Veloflex Carbons glued onto them yesterday. I can't wait to get them on the road!
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