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Hmmmmm.They can be run at lower pressures-much lower- than clinchers which is what you want in mud.
Hmmmmm.They can be run at lower pressures-much lower- than clinchers which is what you want in mud.
Go onHmmmmm.
Go on
So you're saying the legions of cyclo crossers, including pros, using tubs so they can run low pressures in racing are wrong?
Right, I see.
Better things to be doing, you ever raced CX? I have, lots.
I'll let someone else pick your post apart if they can be bothered.
There must be pressure from tyre sponsors to ditch tubs. There is no point in telling the world that XX won the World Championship riding a type of tyre that no one is going to buy.I think pro teams have started migrating away from tubs on the road, probably as much from pressure from sponsors as from performance.
Instead of wibbling on just try it.I'm still mulling over this one. Tyres designed for mud are usually narrow so that they can cut through the mud and find some hard substrate underneath, if there is any to find. Tyres that float on mud e.g. wide tyres, tend to just skid around.
Therefore, soft tyres will float more than hard tyres given that the contact patch increases with a decrease in pressure.
However, mud is not an exact science by any means and tubbies in general are slicks, so my thinking is that there will be no diffrence between clinchers or tubbies in the mud, no matter what pressure. Any effect will be purely psychosomatic, otherwise known as self-BS-ing.
Road tubs you could run nearly flat and still ride, not recommended but you could. I imagine the same advantages confers to cyclocross and their suppleness probably allows them to deform better and you don't have to worry about burping or pinch flats. In every other way though, they're probably a farking pain. Gluing them on, fixing the things when they puncture, cost, puncture wounds in your fingers from repairs, the high cost of the swear box when fitting or repairing. Do pro teams still use them on the road?
I think pro teams have started migrating away from tubs on the road, probably as much from pressure from sponsors as from performance.