Originally Posted by
Homeyba
It's actually the opposite. A 400mm+ carbon rim will be stronger and less flexible. Got to be careful thinking out loud.
The only problem I had with tubulars (Zipp 404's) was that I had a tire roll off under hard braking after a long, steep, winding descent. It was a hot day and with the braking and steep hill (over 7 miles long) the glue got hot and melted. When I hit the brakes real hard at the bottom of the hill the tire came off the rim. I run clinchers now, still Zipp's on both the single and tandem. I've thought about getting another set of tubulars. I still may do it. They are nice but I think the high end clinchers are just about on par with the tubulars now days.
Well, they certainly look really cool.