Kimmo

He makes a pretty compelling point about getting the tyre on straight and even before peeling the backing out... that advantage alone is very attractive. Even with practice, I've found it a bit hit or miss; rarely do I mount a tubular as nicely as any half-decent clincher looks. Mucking around with ripping the fresh bond apart and hauling the tyre this way and that is tiring and not entirely effective.

And as for damaging carbon rims from pulling off tyres, why the hell is anyone making rims without a twill ply in the tyre bed? Carbon rims cost an arm and a leg - surely a relatively tiny increase in production cost is justified if it'll prevent premature failure. It should be bloody well de rigueur.