Originally Posted by
Baby Puke
Tubulars for sure.
Originally Posted by
700wheel
I agree with tubulars but if you have a flat (I have witnessed tubulars blowing up in the infield, but not on the track) you will need backup wheels.
Originally Posted by
Baby Puke
True. All the more reason to be a friendly approachable person at the track! Friends will lend wheels (cogs, chainrings, tools, etc.) to friends in need, I find. And really, I've had a tubie blow exactly once in more than 10 years of track racing (touch wood), so I don't feel the advantages of a quick-changing clincher really outweigh the safety benefits of tubulars.
But clinchers work too.
Thanks very much for the recommendations, i have ordered the tubular version of miche pistard. Will save up money like you guys suggested and get some really good wheels when I get good enough