Originally Posted by
Dr. Banzai
Tape won't go on glue residue. That's why I specified new wheels. And since I've never glued a set it might be worth trying out as a tubular rookie.
I've only used glue all my life, because when I began using tubulars almost 40 years ago, tape was unreliable and in fact was forbidden for racing. I realize that the newer Tufo tape is better, but I'm used to glue and know how to use it so that's what I use. I do know that just about everyone who races on the track uses glue rather than tape, and that the Tufo Extreme tape can hold like 3m Fast Tack trim adhesive, such that tire removal on the road for a flat can be almost impossible and you can actually tear the base tape right off the tire in the process. That's exactly what happened to me once when I bought a used wheel that included a tire mounted with Tufo Extreme tape. When I removed it the tire base tape was completely torn off, ruining the tire, and the base tape and Tufo tape remained attached to the wheel. It was almost impossible to remove, and since it was a carbon wheel, I couldn't scrape it off with a screwdriver. Also, Tufo tape is designed to be used with Tufo tires and may not work well with other brands of tires that have different base tape compositions. PM me if you want more details on using glue to mount tubulars.
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