Glue or Tape Tubs ???
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Gerry Attrick
Lincolnshire Mountain Rescue Consultant
A bit daunting at first aren't they?
They are actually very easy to remove and replace, given a bit of practice. There are loads of videos and help sites if you Google them which will walk you through the process.
Punctures are dead easy as long as you are carrying a spare tub. Just remove the old tyre and stretch on a new one and inflate. (You will be back on the road far quicker than your mate who is patching a conventional tube). Providing you inflate to near maximum pressure and don't corner aggressively, you will get home no bother. Once there you can remove the tub, clean up the rim and glue it again. I never bother trying to open up a tub to repair and re-stitch it. It seems more trouble than it is worth to me.
The question of gluing against taping will be debated as long as there are spots on leopards. I am an old fogey and stick (geddit!) with old fogeys' tubes of cement. I have never had a problem with it. Don't believe all the stories about it being messy and getting glue everywhere. If you are careful, it won't happen.
One tip which is guaranteed to make life simple is not to go for the real cheap tubs. They are often far from round in section and you will struggle for an age to centre them before you realise it is not your fault. You don't have to pay huge wads either, just go mid range (unless you are racing at top level, of course).
Another thing, once you have experienced riding on a good, well mounted tub, you will not want to return to tubes and tyres.
If you have any further specific concerns, feel free to post back.
They are actually very easy to remove and replace, given a bit of practice. There are loads of videos and help sites if you Google them which will walk you through the process.
Punctures are dead easy as long as you are carrying a spare tub. Just remove the old tyre and stretch on a new one and inflate. (You will be back on the road far quicker than your mate who is patching a conventional tube). Providing you inflate to near maximum pressure and don't corner aggressively, you will get home no bother. Once there you can remove the tub, clean up the rim and glue it again. I never bother trying to open up a tub to repair and re-stitch it. It seems more trouble than it is worth to me.
The question of gluing against taping will be debated as long as there are spots on leopards. I am an old fogey and stick (geddit!) with old fogeys' tubes of cement. I have never had a problem with it. Don't believe all the stories about it being messy and getting glue everywhere. If you are careful, it won't happen.
One tip which is guaranteed to make life simple is not to go for the real cheap tubs. They are often far from round in section and you will struggle for an age to centre them before you realise it is not your fault. You don't have to pay huge wads either, just go mid range (unless you are racing at top level, of course).
Another thing, once you have experienced riding on a good, well mounted tub, you will not want to return to tubes and tyres.
If you have any further specific concerns, feel free to post back.
Smokin Joe
Squire
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Photo Gallery is probably not the best place to come for advice.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
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- Northamptonshire
i always used tape , not so messy
accountantpete
OAP
If you can't mend puctures then it could be very expensive.
Nice to ride on but unless you are coming 2nd by a whisker you would be better of with a nice pair of clinchers.
Nice to ride on but unless you are coming 2nd by a whisker you would be better of with a nice pair of clinchers.
andyhunter
New Member
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- northern ireland
i use glue its far better than tape if done right and feels alot more smooth. if you get a flat on a tubular your better to just chuck it in the bin, as depending were the cut is i.e. top or side wall will result in a deformation and thus will result in a massice blow out or sudden collapse of this stiched joint.
tubulars are ok for training i had a pair i used for a year and i only had one puncture i picked up from probably a stone working its way through the tyre over time.
make sure you keep topping them up with air each week.
run you hand over the wheels before and after a spin to check and remove any stones of loose grit from stopping you getting a puncture.
tubulars are ok for training i had a pair i used for a year and i only had one puncture i picked up from probably a stone working its way through the tyre over time.
make sure you keep topping them up with air each week.
run you hand over the wheels before and after a spin to check and remove any stones of loose grit from stopping you getting a puncture.
Glue every time. Never had a tub roll of in 30 years of using them on the road and some pretty steep tracks. Big test to come is sticking some on for Big Maggy and Dave Harmons new tandem.
I Shouldn't favour a brand, but use what I get given, however Continental seems better than the Schwalbe which I find to thin.
Conti it is.
Another tip is to pre stretch the tub on a spare rim.
When I rode on the road with tubs, my spare was always an old one that I'd taken off a rim and so had glue already on it and was still tacky.
http://www.teamwiggletandem.com/blog_18.html
I Shouldn't favour a brand, but use what I get given, however Continental seems better than the Schwalbe which I find to thin.
Conti it is.
Another tip is to pre stretch the tub on a spare rim.
When I rode on the road with tubs, my spare was always an old one that I'd taken off a rim and so had glue already on it and was still tacky.
http://www.teamwiggletandem.com/blog_18.html
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- the post-brexit wasteland
if it's at all relevant, manchester velodrome specify glue and prohibit tape if you're riding your own bike there.
