Tubulars are just Cooler then Clinchers

[Jp]

A Muzi <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> >> On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Tom Nakashima wrote:
> >> as I had my share of uneven mounts
> >>>and messy glue jobs.
>
> On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 16:44:15 +0100, Sergio SERVADIO wrote:
> >>I just heard that this is going to be overcome, in a short while. A bi-adhesive tape is starting
> >>to be commercialized.
>
> David L. Johnson wrote:
> > These tapes have appeared before. Not good, from what I have heard.
>
> The 2d generation Tufo tape really is different. First it isn't French*. Secondly, it isn't cotton
> mesh. Looks like a 3M double sided clear tape, sticks quite well. Not decided yet if we like it
> but it is pretty nice on first impression.
>
>
> *OK, that was gratuitous but that Jantex **** really was awful.

Yeah, I guess. It was a couple of years before someone told me how bad it was, so blissfully unaware
of its dangers I put many thousands of miles on tubulars held on by Jantex without a problem,
including lots of up and down mountains.

JP

 

[B. Lafferty]

"JP" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> A Muzi <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > >> On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Tom Nakashima wrote:
> > >> as I had my share of uneven mounts
> > >>>and messy glue jobs.
> >
> > On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 16:44:15 +0100, Sergio SERVADIO wrote:
> > >>I just heard that this is going to be overcome, in a short while. A bi-adhesive tape is
> > >>starting to be commercialized.
> >
> > David L. Johnson wrote:
> > > These tapes have appeared before. Not good, from what I have heard.
> >
> > The 2d generation Tufo tape really is different. First it isn't French*. Secondly, it isn't
> > cotton mesh. Looks like a 3M double sided clear tape, sticks quite well. Not decided yet if we
> > like it but it is pretty nice on first impression.
> >
> >
> > *OK, that was gratuitous but that Jantex **** really was awful.
>
> Yeah, I guess. It was a couple of years before someone told me how bad it was, so blissfully
> unaware of its dangers I put many thousands of miles on tubulars held on by Jantex without a
> problem, including lots of up and down mountains.
>
> JP

The only problem I ever had with the old Jantex tape was in very hot weather. Rear tires tended to
do a slow peel off the rim. However, it wasn't messy to use compared to glue.

 

[Greg Hall]

Tim McNamara <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Doncha just love how the pro-tubular people...

Some of the nicest people I know. They are the ones I search out on a group ride just in case we
need to share spares.

Greg Hall

 

[Greg Hall]

"David L. Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Poor planning is not a fault of the tire design.

Are you saying all clincher riders should carry a spare tire?

> Poor technique is not a characteristic of clinchers.

As is the case with tubulars.

> Patching a clincher tube is much less of a hassle than trying a field repair of a tubular tire.

Agreed, both are a hassle.

Greg Hall

 

[David L. Johnso]

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 06:12:59 +0000, Greg Hall wrote:

> "David L. Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<x96dnZkgzOoCDEuiRVn-
> [email protected]>...
>> Poor planning is not a fault of the tire design.
>
> Are you saying all clincher riders should carry a spare tire?

Why not? It's no heavier nor bulkier than a tubular tire.

>> Patching a clincher tube is much less of a hassle than trying a field repair of a tubular tire.
>
> Agreed, both are a hassle.

I once toured on tubulars. The nightly ritual of sewing got tired real fast.

--

David L. Johnson

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in the Nineteenth Century. We are not (_)/ (_) | to be curbed now. --Henry Cabot Lodge, 1895

 

[Dvt]

Greg Hall wrote:
>>Poor planning is not a fault of the tire design.
>
> Are you saying all clincher riders should carry a spare tire?

Typically not necessary. I've never had a failure in a clincher that I couldn't fix with a tube,
patch kit, and/or a small boot. If you need more than that, your problems will often go beyond tire
replacement into the realm of things like rim replacement (done that, been there).

Dave dvt at psu dot edu