Originally Posted by
twentysomething
Okay, aluminum or carbon, clincher or tubular (dude)?
Actually, looking for a glossary that tells what those terms are and the differences. But those would be the questions of the day.
Interested in wheels for a road bike, not MTB.
Clinchers are the tires most of us use, the tires have the tube that comes out. Tubulars have the tube sewn into the tire and have to be glued to the wheel. They are not interchangeable.
Tubulars are a pain if you get a flat, you have to carry a spare tire and peel the flat one off.
Most bicycle wheels are aluminum but more and more carbon rims are becoming available. Some of the lightest wheels on the market, and most expensive, are carbon tubulars.