Originally Posted by texraid

I find this an amusing thread. Dark side? I didn't know there was anything other than tubular tires.

BTW, I'm new to the forum and just re-entered the the cycling world after a 35 year absence. In the early and mid '70s I rode 25 miles daily and more on weekends, when I put on my silks, all on sewups (the term tubular hadn't been coined yet). During that time I only had one flat. It took only a few minutes to put on the spare. It was easy to fix the flat, just time consuming.

Just a different perspective from an oldtimer.