pastorbobnlnh 

I should have mentioned the sealant I used once and experienced the hardening with was Effetto Mariposa. But I can probably blame myself. I let the bike sit for over 6 months without moving it.

obrentharris 

I think your plan of spinning the wheels once a month is a good one. Probably just a couple of revolutions is enough. Maybe make sure you don't leave the same section of tire at the bottom after each spin session so that any thin skin of latex that might form won't be right on top of another thin skin. One word of caution; the sealant only stays liquid for a finite time. The manufacturers say 6 or 7 months, I think. I think this is worst case scenario in mountain bike tires that have a large volume of air to react with the sealant and hasten its demise. My experience with MTB tires is that the sealant hardens and forms gooey little rocks within a year, but my tires don't usually last that long so my experience is limited. I have one set of tubulars that still has liquid sealant that I installed in April of 2021, so I think the issue is not quite so pressing in smaller volume tires.
Brent

1989Pre 

That's harsh.

smontanaro 

Perhaps you overestimate my mechanical abilities.

kcblair

Ah Ha ! I have a tube of that sealant, unopened, since 2020, it is like jelly. I ordered some new Tufo sealant for this current project. KB

kcblair

Okay Guys, Here's another discussion , I just checked a set of wheels that have been hanging for 3 years . I can here solidified sealant in one of the tubs. Brand new set of Conti Giro's. Add some sealant and use them or loose them ? I do believe i was using Stan's at the time I mounted the tubs.

Moving forward, I'm going to stay with Tufo Tubs. Use Tufo sealant and carry a Stealth Tubeless Puncture Plug 75% Off (@ Muc-Off) . And as PastorBob suggests , rotate the wheels once a month or so .

Thanks

smontanaro 

I will be experimenting with tubular tape for the first time. Ellen and I are headed out to Portland to visit our son and grandson. I'll be working in a bike I've yet to lay my eyes on. I shipped out a couple packages with parts and tools, but forgot to send any glue for the tubular rims. I didn't think it worth the risk to try and carry a can of Mastik One on the flight (> 3.5oz & flammable to boot). I could have tried to buy some locally or shipped to a local shop (@gugie said there's a Universal Cycles shop in Beaverton). Instead, I opted for some Jantex tape bought from Amazon which should arrive at my son's place on Monday.

79pmooney

I rode Cycle Oregon on the Jantex tape with no issues. I love how you mount the tires. Easy to get the tire on as straight as it is sewn. Follow the instruction to the letter. Tire mounted straight on top of the clear plastic. Don't push down on the tire. Doing so may mean the plastic tears as you pull it out.

I haven't tried to take a tire off yet. Don't know what I am in for. I hope my hands and a steel tire iron are up for the job.

Vitma

Hello everyone,

I want to reuse an already and 1.5 year ago glued 28mm tubular on another rim. Can i just take off the tubular and put it onto the other rim and do I need/can clean the 28mm tubular before I put it on the new rim?

Thank you.

Classtime 

If there is no glue on the other rim, I’d put two thin layers of glue on it and move the tire over. I just did something similar. There was glue already on the other rim so I put one thin fresh layer and moved the tire over. .

DiabloScott

I'd probably add a little fresh glue to the tire after you pull it off, and let it get tacky before you put it on the new rim... which of course should be prepped as noted.

Vitma

Thank you for the feedback.

If I want to re-use the rim, from which I took the tire off (glued 1.5 years ago), should I remove all glue and prep it again or could I just add a layer of glue and get a new and prepped tubular on?

MooneyBloke

Unless the base glue is so thick and knobby that the base tape won't get good adhesion, just apply your fresh glue over the old. The base glue has to get more than a little nasty before I'll strip a rim as it's a truly awful job.

DiabloScott

Tubular Bells

1989Pre 

That was a quote from The Bikesmiths blog.

ChromeChainstay

my roomate in college, in the 80's, turned me onto them 👍

seagrade 

Finally a frame that almost matches the green stripe of a Vittoria Pave.

One of the great and enduring pro team colour schemes.

ascherer 

700 x 30 for $48 USD https://www.excelsports.com/vittoria...ire?sku=743009

SJX426 

@ascherer - Thanks for that post. 3 ordered. They will fit on the Bianchi but not the Pin or De Rosa.

WRT sealant solidifying, I don't use it because of that feature. I don't ride enough, and I have a number of choices to ride. I would rather fix a flat than throw an " expensive" good tire away.

MooneyBloke

Easy solution: ride more. More seriously, Stan's has saved my bacon a number of times this past summer, and while I'll freely admit that it makes patching a tire more painful, it's IMNSHO well worth the bother. Also, It doesn't hurt to spin the wheels every now and then just to redistribute the stuff even if you're not riding.

ascherer 

Laced, dished, and trued. I got lucky and was able to directly swap these rims into a wheel set with Super Champion Gentleman rims using the same spokes with new nipples.

Schwinn-Approved “330” tubular rims (may be Super Champion Arc en Ciel), Campagnolo Nuovo Record high-flange hubs, DT 14 gauge/2.0mm spokes, Vittoria Corsa Graphene 2.0 30mm tires. For now the tires are stretching until a shipment of Effeto Mariposa Carogna adhesive arrives. Can’t wait to try them!

masi61

Mucking up a good latex inner tube with tubeless sealant just seems like a waste to me. Even if you stay on top of maintenance, you are only prolonging the inevitable. Eventually that latex tube inside your tubular is going to start acting funny. Inflating and deflating will get dodgy I would think. And the lovely low rolling resistance afforded by latex tubes I would think would be sacrificed for flat prevention from the latex sealant.

79pmooney

I'm getting back into tubulars after 25 years off. Street glass and debris is a bigger problem now than it was back then. An ounce of sealant has (so far/knock on wood) meant fewer flats than the old days. A real blessing with the arthritis in my hands. I remember how hard it was to pull off the base tape to repair tires back then with my hands at their strongest.

Yes, inflating and deflating gets dodgy, but not quickly in my experience with the one ounce of sealant I add. And replacing valves is just not very hard. My plan is to send a box worth of tubulars to one of those repair guys to retube the worthy ones when I get there. Sounds to me like they have the procedure down pat and have the hands to do it.

masi61

To me, rather than re-tubing a used tubular, it would be more cost effective to stay on alert for good buys on new tubulars of the quality level you seek. I just purchased some Schwalbe “hand made” tubulars from Condor Cycles in England for ~$51 each. They look well made. The tubular tire repair service in Florida (Tire Alert ?) I want to say charges like 35 or more to extract a tube then sew in a new butyl or latex tube. I would have to really love a magic carpet ride set of tubulars to go to this length to keep them on the road.

Edit: turns out they charge $42 to put in a new butyl inner tube and base tape: PRICES | tirealert

MooneyBloke

That has not been my experience, but you do you. Again, this season, Stan's has saved my bacon on multiple occasions, so I think I will continue the practice. Also, the Veloflex sew-ups I like to ride are pushing $100 a piece, so I'd like to get as much value (km) out of them as I can.