Raymond Dobbins wrote:
>> i agree with greg about the ease of changing tubulars. it's easier
>> than changing clinchers so long as you don't have them glued to an
>> extreme. i found that a very light layer of glue on both surfaces gave
>> a nice balance between safe adhesion to the rims and ease of removal.
>> and if your spare tubular has some glue, once pumped up it will hold
>> just fine so long as you don't decide to do a crit race on the way back
>> home. i think too many people over-glue. i've read here about the
>> tufo tape, which i've never used, but it sounds like it is more than
>> necessary. if it is anything like the tubular i once had to remove
>> with the help of a large screwdriver, then it is definitely too much
>> adhesion.
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Here's a trick I've done occasionally: skip the glue at the section directly across from the valve. Gives an easy-to-remember place where it's relatively easy to grip, grasp, grunt, and make fast progress to getting the rest to let go. If it's years later and the glue has ossified, can still slip a dull flat blade through there to get things started.
harvey sachs
mcLean va