Originally Posted by
LarrySellerz
What do you mean by this, whats wrong with the 7 speed freewheel?
30+ years ago, not a lot. I still have one bike that is running a 7 speed freewheel. I’ve been doing this since there were cog boards at your local LBS.
The problem arises when you buy a tubular racing wheelset. If it doesn’t work out for you, few people will want that wheelset.
My understanding is that tubeless sealant can be used in tubulars. This helps if you get a flat. But if the sealant fails, the only access to the tube is to open the stitching, tubulars are sewn together, and hopefully pull the tube out far enough to patch and then sew it back together and glue it to the rim.
For a grocery getter this seems an enormous amount of effort for the accolades you’ll get for those rims.
John