Originally Posted by
Doge
Sure do. Drove me crazy. Even now, I have a gluing method that I have no interest in someone breaking the seal on when they somehow feel the need to check my gluing job. Road glues re-bonds, track glue not so much. I go between track glue and road glue and put a lot of effort into that and don't want some expert messing with it. Avoiding flats seems to be the latest issue.
On a similar topic I get "used" tires from a pro-tour team (that has won several grand tours) and there is hardly any glue on the tires and its down the center. I would not have had my kid ride on that - mostly for rolling resistance, but clearly their mechanic want's an easy change.
yes--i've gotten a few wheelsets from a world tour team and it was shocking how easily the tires were pulled. as i've been told, they have so many wheels to glue that unless you're a guy like cavendish you don't get the ultra-fast glue job. i've removed one of those types of glue jobs and that's similar to what i do for my own wheels (i.e. overkill, but i'm ok going with overkill on the safe + fast aspect).