Leah No, tubular does not mean tubeless.
Tubulars, aka 'sewups', have the tire and tube sewn together as a single unit. It is glued onto a special rim made for the purpose. Tubulars are considered racing tires, and are considered kind of old school. Everything that isn't a tubular is called a clincher. Tubeless is a form of clincher. Tubular rims are lighter than clincher rims of the same strength. Tubular tires are generally regarded as more supple than clincher tires of the same size. Tubulars were the only way to get supple tires back in the day. The current renaissance of supple clinchers has closed the gap. Most roadies don't think tubulars are worth the hassle. They are better, but probably only just a tiny bit better. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Friday, April 24, 2020 at 6:00:31 PM UTC-7, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > > Bill, does tubular mean tubeless? If so, do the #RivSisters get to feel > the tiniest swell of pride for maybe-possibly-theoretically influencing > you, a resident Riv expert? I think we’re up to 3 or 4 of us women making > the tubeless conversion in the last couple of weeks. I’m joking about our > influence, but I do think this is a cool trend and I’m happy to see you and > hopefully more folks trying Rivendells tubeless. Please let us know how > tubeless is working out for you and any pros and cons you note on your > rides. > > At any rate, the bike looks lovely and also fast. > Leah -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/971c6c74-b0c1-4f8a-82ef-945ab82635d2%40googlegroups.com.
