[CR]Re: Does anybody use tubulars on commuter bikes?

(Example: Production Builders:Cinelli)

From: "Stephen Barner" <steve@sburl.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:29:21 -0400
Subject: [CR]Re: Does anybody use tubulars on commuter bikes?

I do. Luckily, our roads up here in Vermont are relatively glass-free, and we have more bikes on the road in season than any other rural environment I have visited in the US. I won't say that all drivers are courteous, but they don't treat riders like they are insane or from Mars.

I have to ride 3 1/2 miles of dirt to get to pavement on my 20-mile commute. I like to ride fast, so I prefer to ride light wheels. I have a heck of a time with snake bites on narrow clinchers on the dirt road, but have never flatted on sewups on dirt. That, and the ease of changing tires on sewups is why I ride them. Sewup glue does lose some adhesion in rain, but it takes a lot longer than the time you are likely to be commuting, and it's not likely you're going to be cornering hard in the rain, so I wouldn't worry about it. I've never rolled a tire, and I've done plenty of rain miles. I've been riding sewups since '73.

If I lived in a more glass-prone area, I would ride clinchers, as I am too much of a cheapskate, though I used to ride sewups in Albany, New York, home of the broken bottle, until I got too lazy to patch the darn things.

Steve Barner, Bolton, Vermont


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> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:37:43 -0400

\r?\n> From: Roland Hilgarth <photo1@osmiumtet.com>

\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

\r?\n> Subject: [CR]Does anybody use tubulars on commuter bikes?

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Hi all,

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Sorry if this is off topic, but I have a set of Mavic tubular wheels

\r?\n> and am trying to decide if I want to put them on a 1986 vintage Puch

\r?\n> Mistral Leader frame.

\r?\n> The questions I have is has anybody done this and how do the tires hold

\r?\n> up to being out in weather conditions; i.e. rain etc. I am not

\r?\n> planning on riding in the

\r?\n> snow or anything I just worry about the durability of the glue that

\r?\n> holds the tire to the rim. Thanks for your help.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Roland Hilgarth

\r?\n> Lexington KY