Correction here, never used tubulars, In fact when the Pinarello was bought the rims were replaced by Mavic clincher rims. What was fixed is described here:


I have not ridden since September, yesterday it rained. Excuses: new job and family issues.

Today was very wet, debree sticks to wet tires, so I had three flats. No. 1 slow leak on the rear, I felt the tire go soft for the last 10 miles, I did not want to change the tube so I reinflated it with the mini pump. No. 2 front, checked the tire exterior for cuts and embedded debris did not find anything major, replaced with tube no. 1 and used cartridge no.1. No. 3 less than a mile from flat No. 2 the front goes flat again, stopped in a good place and checked more carefully the front clincher, I removed some debris from cuts, cartridge No. 2 used, tube No. 2 used.

The front clincher is a Veloflex, I never liked the tire it is too thin, it sat for years in the closet and I wanted to use it up, my road expert friends tell mo how good the Veloflex are, and that I should give them another chance, I did. I am happy with the 700c 23mm Vittoria CX's that I have been using for years, they are slightly thicker and I think that the high thread count makes them harder for debris to penetrate them.

2 tubes used, 2 CO2s cartridges used.

What I carry:

Small multi tool.
1 plastic tire lever.
Box of self adhesive Park patches.
Presta Shrader adaptor, very small.
2 700c tubes
Mini pump Silca circa 6" long.
Very small CO2 inflator.
2 CO2 cartridges.
1 Park clincher tire boot credit card size, great to repair big clincher cuts

Might seem a lot of stuff, the under the saddle bag is 5" x 4" x 4". Wife is not available at this to rescue me, so I carry the extra tube in the jacket.