Originally Posted by
cyrano138
I checked this site, and the only links they have in the 'tyres and tubes' section are 'road folding', 'road tubular', 'mtb tyres', 'cyclocross tyres', and 'innertubes and accessories'. I thought tubular tires were the kind with no innertube, and folding tires were the kind with a softer bead. Aren't we talking about non-folding, non-tubular tires? Pardon me if I'm getting my terms wrong; I was just really excited about inexpensive prices on nice tires.
the tires you want to look at from them is "road folding" [aso called "open tubular" other places]. Tubular means the inner tube is sewed into the tire and you would have to glue the tire to the rim. "Open tubular" means the tire is open and is not sewed into the tire and that is the same as a clincher tire. Clinchers come in 2 types of beads (the bead is what holds onto the rim) that is either wire or foldable. Folding tires are clincher tires and are not tubular tires.
Folding tires = clincher tires
Open tubular = clincher tire
Tubular = tube sewed into tire requiring glue