Originally Posted by
jamesdak
Surprised no tape advocates have spoke up yet. I'm still on the fence about it but I did my first taped set last week and was extremely surprised at how easy and quick it was. Even getting the tire straight on the rim was so easy. I always make a total mess with glue not matter how careful I try to be.
I have done both, albeit once for tape and once for glue.
I did tape first for my first foray into tubies Tufo tape and Tufo s33...... it was very easy to use and the hold was great.... about a 1 1/2 years later I had to take the tire of for some spoke replacement.....it tool a lot of work to get the tire off and it took a lot of the fabric backing on the inside of the tire off with it (tufos seem a bit different in this area than others)
I just did my first glue install.. I was surprised at how easy it was... Challenge elite pro tires, Challenge glue. used finger in glove to spread glue on rim and acid brush to put glue on tire. did the yellow jacket techniqe to put tire on. Had time for adjusting tire. Dont have a lot of miles riding but felt solid. Have no idea as how it will be taking these off... time will tell
both work well, tape is super easy, but gluing is not bad at all