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Old 05-05-14, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by rebel1916
Um, no.
No what? I've ridden tubulars for 40 years. I rode on them today and have every day for the last month.

If you send out 99% of the cycling public on a bike with 30 year old tubulars, they'll be pavement surfing within the week. It is only a matter of how bad the outcome.

The rim glue has dried out. This will be obvious to anyone with even a passing knowledge of these wheels. But worse, so has the glue bonding the base tape to the tire casing. So even if you reglue the current tires, the base tape will peel off of the tire on the first hard bumpy corner.
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