Tubulars… Glue or tape

I need to know before a mistake is made.

I was using tape in 1985 in England, but I get the impression that glueing is still the preferred method in the US.

Decisions. Decisions.

Tags: Bike Racing

1 velogirl // Jul 31, 2008 at 11:32 pm

I’m a glue girl. three layers. for both cross and road. I don’t trust tape.
2 hernando // Aug 1, 2008 at 10:45 am

i have had nothing but good experiences with tufo tape - cross and track.

i love the stuff. easy to install, clean- strong.

highly recommended - i’ve used both the extreme and regular tape grades and both work great.

cross i use extreme
track i’m fine with regular, but i used extreme on my current zipp set just because it was what i had on hand at the time of glue’in.
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3 Holt // Aug 1, 2008 at 12:16 pm

I’m a tape man on road and glue man on the track, confused now huh? Tape is just so much simpler, so thats why it gets my vote.
4 Mex // Aug 1, 2008 at 5:30 pm

Help! My hands hurt! These Tubular zipps had better be worth it!
5 Kevin Metcalfe // Aug 14, 2009 at 10:36 am

A little late here, but… You will probably take a significant rolling resistance hit by using tape vs. a well glued tire.

http://www.biketechreview.com/tires/images/AFM_tire_testing_rev8.pdf

Robert Winder