You mean tubular not tubeless, Peter. - David G On May 23, 2012 7:25 PM, "Peter Morgano" <[email protected]> wrote:
> All this tubeless talk reminds me, i have a set of 700c tubeless wheels > that came off an old Stowe of mine. I cant see ever using them, anyone want > them for say $30 bucks? They defintely need new tires and glue, shimano 600 > hubs with small block cluster. Why so cheap you ask? Because they were > included with the bike, I am never gonna use them and if someone wants them > shipped it is gonna cost a bit I figure. Local pickup in Brooklyn for same > price though. Sorry to hijack this thread, but thought I would give it a > shot to clear out some space in the basement. > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Bill M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> To me, road tubeless has most of the disadvantages of both clinchers and >> tubulars, without enough benefits. Clinchers with tubes are easy to >> service, easily available at many price points, and come in a wide range of >> widths and casings. Tubulars aren't cheap and take some time and care to >> glue up, but allow for lighter wheels, including carbon rims with a much >> greater safety margin than carbon clinchers, ride more comfortably for a >> given width, and don't pinch flat easily. Road tubeless requires tires >> that are not easily available locally for most of us, aren't cheap, have >> few choices, require clincher rims that aren't as light as tubulars, can be >> a pain to get mounted and sealed, are a mess to deal with if a repair is >> needed on the road, and won't quite ride like tubulars. >> >> If I had the cash to spend, I'd rather ride some light carbon tubular >> wheels (ideally with disc brakes), use Tufo tape for mounting, and carry a >> little bottle of sealant than mess with tubeless. I don't, so alloy rims, >> clinchers and tubes are where I plan on being for quite a while to come. >> >> Bill >> >> On Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:08:11 AM UTC-7, Patrick in VT wrote: >>> >>> On May 23, 12:38 pm, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >I'd also be curious to see how road tubeless improve on the speed and >>> >"feel" of racing tires, but as someone pointed out, these are for now >>> >all 700c. >>> >>> what kind of racing tires? i have a friend who rides a Hutchinson >>> road tubeless wheelset and he likes it quite a bit. not far from a >>> tubular in terms of feel, but definitely stiffer casings. it's too >>> bad that "road" tubeless hasn't really taken off - granted, it's not >>> as user-friendly and "low-pressure performance" is still kind of >>> anathema with the roadie set. And a lot of racers have already >>> invested in tubular wheelsets (sealant works in tubulars too). still, >>> it'd be nice to see a smattering of road UST type options. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/dUw5quYl_i8J. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
