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Old 05-08-13, 09:54 AM
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carpediemracing 
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Glue should be fine until the dripped in asphalt patches start to run. Then it's getting a bit hot. Even in such situations I never had a tire roll even though I had to avoid the slippery asphalt patches.

A proper glue job should make it an absolute bear to remove a tire without damaging it and should never roll. In fact you should be able to deflate the tire completely and it shouldn't roll. I should get a still of my teammate who had a blow out mid turn just after he bridged to a couple Cat 2s. He was going about 30 mph, diving into a left turn, tire totally deflated. He stayed upright because the tire stayed in place (he was racing my wheels and I'd glued the tires).

A rolled tire means insufficient adhesion otherwise.

What kind of glue did you use? Was it glued within the last 2 years? Did you roll the basetape? that's another possibility. I've only heard of Hutchinson tubulars rolling basetapes (other than ancient tubulars where the tire was all dried up). I saw two roll myself and the famous one is the one Lance rolled in the Tour.

Whatever, rolling a tire is a major, major, major warning sign that your tires are not on properly. It is grounds for suspension in a USAC race. You should reglue carefully.

Gluing:
http://sprinterdellacasa.blogspot.co...e-tubular.html

Removing:
http://sprinterdellacasa.blogspot.co...g-tubular.html
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