Me Nervous Of Going Tubular For Racing...

[Spinnekop]

Had to make the call myself.

Had the privilege to ride Tubbies for a full year. Got REALY tired of chasing back to the bunch.......4 punctures in 7 races.......

 

And at R500 per tyre....AT LEAST!!!!.....punctures aren't funny on a tubbie.

 

That said.....I am with Tankman on this one....every cyclist should ride tubbies at least ONCE in their life. It is a nice ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Just DON'T tell any engineer out there as this "nice" term confuses the **** out of them!!!!!! )

 

So.....after being gatvol of chasing back and having to fork out $, I decided to go clinchers......

 

• They are heavier
  
• 9bar vs 11bar
  

 

As for rolling resistance.......it is proven....by VARIOUS engineers...that there are clinchers out there that has a rolling resistance lower than tubbies.

 

Is weight that important? IN SOUTH AFRICA? We race 100km classics.....no climbs....So aerodynamics is EVERYTHING!!!!

 

Then consider that your avg tubbie wheel is what.....1.2-1.4kg. Carbon clinchers...1.5

So you loose 200g. Go take a pee before the race!

 

So with all this info I went out and had a look what wheel was most aerodynamic (watt usage per hour) and then considered weight.

 

I ended up with clinchers. Zipp 404:

It looks good. R50 a new tube takes care of a puncture....which I can do myself in a race with no support.....and the bike still clocks in at 7kg.

For SA racing......PERFECT!!!

 

[gummibear]

 

PERFECT!!!

 

 

Like you say PERFECT.

That must be one of the hottest bikes on the HUB at the moment.

 

Sorry for hi-jack

['Dale]

Spinnekop,

 

Great tips in your thread.

 

What is the weight of the Zipp - around 1500g?

 

I will prob follow your advice.

The maintenance overhead on tubular is too eina, man.

I can live the risk of not finishing a race.

 

When in league racing, tubular would be a great choice for me...

[X-Man]

Had to make the call myself.

Had the privilege to ride Tubbies for a full year. Got REALY tired of chasing back to the bunch.......4 punctures in 7 races.......

 

And at R500 per tyre....AT LEAST!!!!.....punctures aren't funny on a tubbie.

 

That said.....I am with Tankman on this one....every cyclist should ride tubbies at least ONCE in their life. It is a nice ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Just DON'T tell any engineer out there as this "nice" term confuses the **** out of them!!!!!! )

 

So.....after being gatvol of chasing back and having to fork out $, I decided to go clinchers......

 

• They are heavier
  
• 9bar vs 11bar
  

 

As for rolling resistance.......it is proven....by VARIOUS engineers...that there are clinchers out there that has a rolling resistance lower than tubbies.

 

Is weight that important? IN SOUTH AFRICA? We race 100km classics.....no climbs....So aerodynamics is EVERYTHING!!!!

 

Then consider that your avg tubbie wheel is what.....1.2-1.4kg. Carbon clinchers...1.5

So you loose 200g. Go take a pee before the race!

 

So with all this info I went out and had a look what wheel was most aerodynamic (watt usage per hour) and then considered weight.

 

I ended up with clinchers. Zipp 404:

It looks good. R50 a new tube takes care of a puncture....which I can do myself in a race with no support.....and the bike still clocks in at 7kg.

For SA racing......PERFECT!!!

 

 

 

I LIKE YOUR POINT!! Makes sense to me.

Are those clinchers or tubbies on your super 6?

Looks like Tubbies to me.

[Prince]

Ride with a can of Vitoria Pit Stop which will sort out most tubular punctures. Spinnekop, perfect logic but Campagnolo Bora's are still

[Jon0]

Wouldnt want to race with anything except tubbies, they are simply amazing! easy,fast,look cool and dont stop

[Jon0]

just put some stans or similar into the tubbie, havnt punctured in 2 years on the same tubbies...