airsoft510

-any one use them?
-What if you get a flat?
-Where do you get them?
-Better than clinchers?

nova

Hmm i was wondering if there was such a tire. Im on old mavic rims that are still well not like new but have tons of life left on them and dont want to replace them. But would like the advantyage of tublars. Wonder if they make them in any size other than 700x21. I like a wider tire like 25 to 30. Been looking for something with a slight (very slight) nobby tred. In 700x25 to 700x30 as i ride the towpath trail alot wich is crushed packed limestone for the most part but also do alot of road riding.
Soon as i get a full time job im gona get me a set of these if i can find them in 700x25 or larger.

nova

heres soem at nashbar.com

https://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...eid=&pagename=

$39.95

airsoft510

https://www.glorycycles.com/roadtires.html

heres some more

krazyderek

A: there are several threads with almost the exact name, just search next time

B:
-any one use them? yes, me and a couple other board members, aswell as several national and world compeditors, see tufo and tufonorthamerica.com for more details.
-What if you get a flat? what if you win the lottery?
-Where do you get them?

nashbar.com - but they only cary the low end model, and not at a very good price i might add.
biketiresdirect.com - good pricing limited selection
sdeals.com - good pricing, little better selection
glorycycles.com - good selection, not the greatest pricing
ebay.com - this is actually where i get mine from, this is a good price for a set of c-s33 specials
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEWA:IT

-Better than clinchers? lol................ YES! but that's just MO.



C:
meet the tufo c diamond 28

nova

That would do nicly

mrhatten

I use them, great upgrade from normal ties, a ***** to get on the tire, until you get used to the proper technique. Flats are fine as you just use the tire sealant. you can get them real cheap from sdeals.com. and in my opinion far better than clinchers, no more messing around with silly inner tubes, great tires pressur, fantastic rolling resistance, a better rounder shape,and they make this great sound when rolling... get them, you'll never go back

nova

Ivenever used tubular type tires before but im guessing modern ones essentialy have tire and tube as one sealed unit. That alone has to improve puncher resistance a large ammount. Even on "thin walled" sets its likly as thick as those goofy old tubes i had with a 1/8 thick wall towards the road side of the tube. Heh you could run over small nails with them (i did 3 times in one day) and not get a flat

bernmart

After reading these posts and checking out at least some of the sources for these tires, it looks as if the widest width they come in is 700x22 or so. My bike came with 700x25s, and since I'm no lightweight (200 lbs.), I'm concerned about using a skinnier tire. Any thoughts?

nova

They have them clear up to 30 width.

heres a link for a 30 mm in a semi nobby tire
https://store.yahoo.com/glorycycles/tuct30protuc.html

a 28 width here
https://www.biketiresdirect.com/htmlpages/TUCDI.htm

Im not seeing any in 25 width in my book marks im sure they have them though.
My self im going with the 30 width semi nobby as i do alot of riding on the towpath trail in my area and its packed lime stone surfaced for the most part. And the lower presure should do well for me. Sence thhey are going to be easyer to change with some pratic ill likly get some 25 width non nobby.

krazyderek

i think bern meant roadies, in which case the C Elite Road is the widest option at 23. But remember, no pinch flats, so don't worry about not having enough air in there if you want a comfy ride althought the minimum recommended is 115psi. That particular model goes higher then most pumps or air compressors can even go, 220 psi, so there's no problem supporting your weight. otherwise you can try out the Diamond 28, it's a cyclocross tyre instead of roadie.

nova

Lol i watched a guy inflateing his tires at the local service station. You know those pay air stations? Well anyhow hes pumping it up and i hear this loud pop. My first thought was he blew his tire but the constant his told another story. He blew up a compressors coil in the unit. You could tell because the top was ice cold fromt he suddent presure release. He was useing tublars. I blew up a junk zefel mini pump once on my 115 psi clinchers years ago. That was a frightening experiance. Pumping the tire up and haveing the pumps plastic barrel blow up in yor hand. Lucky for me i had old leather driving gloves on at the time.

Moral of the story when makeing the switch to tires like these that may have a much higher presure than your use to check your pumps rated psi specs. Other wise you coud be in for a nasty suprise. A high quality pump thats rated for say 125 may expload with alot of force on a tire than could go to 190+ psi with out warning if you go above that rating. My zefel was only rated for 60 psi the tire iw as inflating was 110 i had the tire at around 80 when the pump blew on me. Now thi pump was old but you get the idea.