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Old 10-17-17, 06:06 PM
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OK, I have to report in. I am going to tubulars after a number of years on clinchers. I bought a set of wheels on Craiglists. Dura Ace 7400 hubs and Campagnolo Victory Crono rims. Just rebuilt the rear with Sapim 2.0-1.8-2.0.
Low miles on the hubs, new grease. same with the rims... although rims weigh 340gr, but brake track is good and they were not over tensioned in the past. Looks like 1-2,000 thousand miles on the wheels. Going on 126mm dropout with 7sp.
I am going to use Tubasti because that's what I used in the past. I think ya'll are over doing the gluing ... like you were gluing track tires on track rims..... Consider you need to be able to get the tire off if flat out on the road.
The rims came with tires on with tape, and when I took them off half the tape stayed on the rim and half on the tire. I would never consider tape because of this.
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