Originally Posted by
noodle soup
FTR, a flat with clinchers, does not automatically equal a crash which takes down many other riders.
A flat at speed with clinchers can (not "will") result in the tire coming off the rim and jamming in the stays or fork. With properly glued tubulars, that doesn't happen, even in a blowout. I've blown to tubulars at 40+ and had no issues just coming to a stop. I've blown a clincher at 25. I never want that to happen again!
I suspect more than one or two of the pros who ride at 55+mph down mountains have had similar thoughts go through their minds.
Ben