Hey man, you need to hook that bike up to the safety harness. Tubular or not, if that bus makes one quick stop, that bike would fly forward and could take out someone's eye. I saw that happen once. The bike took out a baby carriage. They have to put up a blue silhouette sticker at the exact spot every time something like that happens on a bus.
The brakes on the bike have this locking feature. i locked both brakes (its the coolest thing ive ever seen).
It's easy to tell if it's a tubular or a clincher - just roll the tyre a little on the rim. If it's a clincher, it'll look like.... a clincher. If it's tubular, you'll see the glue etc.
yeah, NOW i know.
Get another tubular, stretch it out and glue it on. Then throw some of that fix-a-flat stuff in your flat kit for next time.
I might try slime (or anything like it). if its bad, well i wont use it again. If it rocks (like i think it will) i will keep on using it. Oh and i will try that fix a flat stuff too.
Next time i visit the road bike store, ill ask about tubulars... i have read online about how to put it on, but i need the sticky tape/ glue. Also i need to clean up the rim i have now.
look at it this way: you were riding a tubular that apparently hadn't been glued in ages. you got a flat rather than rolling the tire and crashing catastrophically. that's awesome.
yeah i didn't know about the rolling thing until i read a bit more about tubulars...