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My strong recommendation is to keep the Rally tires for spares and start your venture into tubulars on tubulars with removable valve cores. This will allow you to apply sealant on the road in case of a flat. The sealant (I mainly use Stan's sealant) will fix most puncture flats on the road, saving you from having to use a spare, then corner carefully the rest of the ride and repair/re-glue the tubular once home. Most of my bikes are equipped with tubulars or ready for an alternate tubular wheelset on standby. The emergence of sealants is a godsend for regular tubular users.