Tubeless truth for road tires = big risk on bumps
04-21-19, 12:28 PM
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We have a couple of 50-pound bins of decent hubs (mostly rears) in which the rim was toast.
Regardless - back to the point: the only credible scenario for a pro rider being on clinchers/tubeless in actual race conditions is that their tire and wheel sponsors do not have tubular options. Well, the team should have picked better sponsors - but that's water under the bridge.
The sponsors should allow 'rebranding' in order to give their riders any chance of success. As long as the sponsors labels are predominantly featured, your average weekend -warrior dentist doesn't care about this stuff. Or the underlying fact that pros don't ride clinchers.
04-21-19, 01:50 PM
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04-21-19, 02:12 PM
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https://www.westernbikeworks.com/tubular-tires-article
04-21-19, 02:19 PM
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Whatever.. I volunteer at a high-volume big-city bike Co-op. I spent an hour yesterday trying to salvage clincher wheel in which the rim hooks were damaged from an obvious impact. I see this stuff every week. If the wheel hadn't been high-end, it would have been chopped up to salvage the hub.
I'm just not seeing this frequently these days, and I see plenty of flat-spotted wheels.
04-22-19, 04:27 PM
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Here's a great article on what it took to get carbon wheels working for riding the cobbles. Two big things - tires of proper width and proper inflation made a big difference. I would guess this was a big part of it maybe most of it presuming the "engine" was up to speed.
https://blog.silca.cc/road-to-roubai...lete-story-1-0
https://blog.silca.cc/road-to-roubai...lete-story-1-0
One thing to bear in mind while reading the article is that while Poertner/Silca/Zipp is very thorough, the status quo ante in the background is chaotic and random and superstitious. I say all the time, including on this forum, don't believe your pressure gauge. Read how far they went before controlling that variable. And what the input was that made them think of it.
04-22-19, 06:10 PM
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Whatever.. I volunteer at a high-volume big-city bike Co-op. I spent an hour yesterday trying to salvage clincher wheel in which the rim hooks were damaged from an obvious impact. I see this stuff every week. If the wheel hadn't been high-end, it would have been chopped up to salvage the hub.
We have a couple of 50-pound bins of decent hubs (mostly rears) in which the rim was toast.
Regardless - back to the point: the only credible scenario for a pro rider being on clinchers/tubeless in actual race conditions is that their tire and wheel sponsors do not have tubular options. Well, the team should have picked better sponsors - but that's water under the bridge.
The sponsors should allow 'rebranding' in order to give their riders any chance of success. As long as the sponsors labels are predominantly featured, your average weekend -warrior dentist doesn't care about this stuff. Or the underlying fact that pros don't ride clinchers.
We have a couple of 50-pound bins of decent hubs (mostly rears) in which the rim was toast.
Regardless - back to the point: the only credible scenario for a pro rider being on clinchers/tubeless in actual race conditions is that their tire and wheel sponsors do not have tubular options. Well, the team should have picked better sponsors - but that's water under the bridge.
The sponsors should allow 'rebranding' in order to give their riders any chance of success. As long as the sponsors labels are predominantly featured, your average weekend -warrior dentist doesn't care about this stuff. Or the underlying fact that pros don't ride clinchers.
Been a while since Pros' have raced on Alu rims
