I can't recall how I was led to the videos on Tufo's site, but the installation videos on this page blew me away. I've used tubulars for 20+ years, and have mostly not bothered the last few years for a few reasons, but Tufo's tape and sealant certainly fixes a couple of the standard issues many people have with the 'problems' tubulars have.
Take a look:
http://www.tufo.com/
David -- David Bilenkey Ottawa, Ontario, Canada dbilenkey@sympatico.ca
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of
> Bob Freitas
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 12:02 PM
> To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS
> Subject: [CR]RE:SEWUP installation
>
>
> TED ,THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.
> I install all tires in the fashion you
> describe,placing the
> rim on the floor and applying pressure down .Where my
> technique differs
> is when I get to the bottom I end up holding the tire/wheel
> against my
> stomach(works better these days after losing 4" of waist)then
> rotating
> the wheel up closer to my eyes so I can keep a close eye on
> the tire as
> to not drag it thru the glue(at this point there should be
> enough slack
> in your prestretched tire that it will just flop over)
> All this discussion of sewups has given me the
> urge to try
> some of those wheels I have been saving while using clinchers
> all this time.
> I have a set of wheels that my DAD built me in the
> 60s that
> have not seen the road in a long time,time to give them a try.
> BOB
> FREITAS
> just down the road from MEMORY
> LANE here
> in MILL VALLEY,CA