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Location: Corrales New Mexico
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Bikes: Kona with Campy 8, Lynskey Ti with Rival, Bianchi pista, Raleigh Team Frame with SRAM Red, Specialized Stump Jumper, Surley Big Dummy
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Buy Stans and put about 4 TBS per tire every 4 months. Unless it is a nail or something nasty, you should be okay. I am in the flat capital state and so far so good.
Continental sells a tire called Sprinter Gatorskins, they are really a road racing tire and they are great 48-60 sepends where you get them. You can also buy Vittoria's Rally Training tubular from 20 to 29 I've seem them on sale for 14. Again Stans is the key.
I have repaired tubulars on the road. All you need is a curved leather needle, nylon string and a seam ripper and they are about 10 grams extra that you can add to your patch kit. You probably need a Park tire boot as well or a dollar bill. If you use stans small punctures will be sealed quickly any other puncture may be a big gash on the tire that requires booting the tire. This is my experience. If you use Stans, any puncture on a tubular is a big enough puncture for you to boot a clincher tire. It is easier to carry a pre stretched tubular tire.
Yeah all the gluing is a hassle, but I still love tubulars. I just found out that cyclo cross racers use them a lot and if they do a commuter should be fine.