Well... a few (somewhat) younger folks still riding them, I should hope, self included!
I’ve ridden tubulars off and on for ~25 years now, mostly 22 mm road tires. In the last 3-4 years, I’ve been really enjoying 32 mm Vittoria XN, intended for dry hardpack cross courses, riding them on a mix of dirt roads and paved roads. I recently also tried a clincher version of the same tire, albeit with butyl tubes (the sewups have latex). They’re nice, but the sewups are cushier and the whole wheelset is a bit lighter, FWIW. If you’re a handy and curious sort and haven’t tried tubulars, I do recommend giving them a try. Plenty of rim brake wheels should be available for relatively cheap, as folks switch to disc brakes and tubeless, and high quality tires 27 mm and wider are available for good prices. If you’d like to get a racer-y type of bike with narrow clearances to handle a wider range of terrain, or give it more comfort, tubulars with latex tubes may be a good way to go. Sourcing tubulars from the UK shops used to be very cost-effective (e.g. 4+ at a time), but even Excel offers decent prices from time to time. For glue, I recommend Mastik 1, which has been found in a scientific study to work best. (Carogna tubular mounting tape has been popular lately, for its relative speed and cleanliness, but I enjoy the meditative hour or so it takes to refresh the glue in a rim, a couple of coats on the tires, and mounting.) Enjoy the ride! - Max “old skool” in A2 -- 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/0b9b4de7-022a-48a7-bd61-5a1502b50424o%40googlegroups.com.
