It's almost comical that disc brakes and hookless rims have jumped to the front of the line in front of dogs, kids, umbrellas, flags, smoke bombs and old people, motorcycles and train tracks as far as bike racing crash cause top 10!! If there were not cars and motorcycles on bicycle race routes crashes would be reduced by @50% instantly.
I have decades of experience with hookless rims and in almost all cases the ability to mount a tire without a costly device is the only difference from all wheel types. Bicycle tires need to be vary vary flexible for mounting, removal and repairs. Bicycle tires are able to be mounted using no tools, hand and finger pressure only and in the event that tire " is difficult " stretching it and using cheesy plastic tire levers is 99+% effective for installation and removal. Try to mount a quality tire using plastic tools, epic fail, thousands of thumbs up YouTube watchers!!
Divergence wrote that has never witnessed tubular- sew-up catastrophic failure!
There can be only one genuine response, nothing to do with truthfulness or validity, just a ultra narrow, ridiculously small data set. Tubular tires are known for decades of catastrophic failures!! And that's in all rim evolution!! Original aluminum box rims were prone to bending but seldom structural failure. The tires glued onto the rims were known to come off for dozens of reasons glue- adhesive was too old,too new, too much ,too little, got too hot,too cold, got too wet.tire pressure was too high ,too low, decent caused rim to get too hot, Cloth rim strip separated from tubular tire casing ( strip was used to cover were tire was sewn together to encapsulate the inner tube) often mounted tires would be marked for date of installation by mechanic, and if wheel wasn't used tire would be removed and reglued to reestablish bond integrity between tire and rim.
Only thing that is for certain about tubular bicycle racing tires..they were from start to extinction, with handful of exceptions.. Hookless!! If you have ever been in or at a race when someone rolls a tire it's almost always catastrophic.. If it happens in front of you or behind you, your glue technique, brand, amount all are immediately played through your mind like did I remember to remove the steaks and raw chicken before swimming in Hawaii or Great Barrier Reef.
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uSY5X__Xnkw&pp=ygUVUm9sbGluZyBhIHNldyB1cCB0aXJl
Remember being told that new tape would eliminate the need for all the mess,hassle for glue..yeah right!!!
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=om-srNuxHI8&pp=ygUiQWNjaWRlbnQgZnJvbSB0dWJ1bGFyIGJpY3ljbGUgdGlyZQ%3D%3D
I have decades of experience with hookless rims and in almost all cases the ability to mount a tire without a costly device is the only difference from all wheel types. Bicycle tires need to be vary vary flexible for mounting, removal and repairs. Bicycle tires are able to be mounted using no tools, hand and finger pressure only and in the event that tire " is difficult " stretching it and using cheesy plastic tire levers is 99+% effective for installation and removal. Try to mount a quality tire using plastic tools, epic fail, thousands of thumbs up YouTube watchers!!
Divergence wrote that has never witnessed tubular- sew-up catastrophic failure!
There can be only one genuine response, nothing to do with truthfulness or validity, just a ultra narrow, ridiculously small data set. Tubular tires are known for decades of catastrophic failures!! And that's in all rim evolution!! Original aluminum box rims were prone to bending but seldom structural failure. The tires glued onto the rims were known to come off for dozens of reasons glue- adhesive was too old,too new, too much ,too little, got too hot,too cold, got too wet.tire pressure was too high ,too low, decent caused rim to get too hot, Cloth rim strip separated from tubular tire casing ( strip was used to cover were tire was sewn together to encapsulate the inner tube) often mounted tires would be marked for date of installation by mechanic, and if wheel wasn't used tire would be removed and reglued to reestablish bond integrity between tire and rim.
Only thing that is for certain about tubular bicycle racing tires..they were from start to extinction, with handful of exceptions.. Hookless!! If you have ever been in or at a race when someone rolls a tire it's almost always catastrophic.. If it happens in front of you or behind you, your glue technique, brand, amount all are immediately played through your mind like did I remember to remove the steaks and raw chicken before swimming in Hawaii or Great Barrier Reef.
Remember being told that new tape would eliminate the need for all the mess,hassle for glue..yeah right!!!
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