Good thread this'n.
I've been (admittedly intermittent) riding my 1972 Motobecane Grande Record since I bought it on Easter Sunday in Chicago, 1972. Was 'new' to road bikes then, so unaware it should have been equipped with clincher rims & tires rather than the Mavic tubulars I'm still riding on... at least once the outdoor biking season begins where I live.
Tires have changed (several times!) since then but the rims are still true, show little brake surface wear.
Did recently build a clincher rear for this bike that I mounted a trainer tire onto so I have the confidence now to take on a pair of tubulars. I'd heard street tires don't play well with 'in-contact' trainers, hence the urge to make the change.
I've been pondering building a new pair of wheels around more 'modern' hubs & new tubular rims so the info being put up here is of great interest to me.
Seems tubular rims are kinda few & far between?
And can get really pricey as well? I'm a recreational rider, unwilling to pay more for a rim than the entire bike's worth at this point. By this rule US $150 is about all I want to spend per rim.