tires

[SadieKate]

Clinchers use tubes. Tubulars (aka sew-ups) do not.

[DebW]

Clinchers use tubes. Tubulars (aka sew-ups) do not.

Sew-ups do use tubes. When you repair them, you have to open the stitching and patch the tube. But you can't replace the tube (unless you want to do several hours worth of sewing). You don't carry spare tubes, but a spare tire with a tube sealed inside. There are new tires called "tubular clinchers" which contain no tubes and use clincher rims. Traditional sew-ups use a very different rim and are held on by glue.

[mimitabby]

DH said my tires were not the sewup or clincher type as I suspected.
Judging from the comments in this thread, #1 i will buy yellow or yellow striped tires
#2 BIKE TIRE MANUFACTURERS, GIRL BIKERS OF ALL AGES LIKE COLORS!!!! and we have $$$ and like to spend it!!!

[KnottedYet]

I think these are cool. Maybe I'll get some when (if) my continentals wear out.

http://www.rivendellbicycles.com/web...bes/10054.html

[mimitabby]

Knotted,

those are cool!! but he says he's going sell them for 32 bucks a piece, but then is selling them for 38 and 43!!!

people should proofread their ads.

[KnottedYet]

The text was written in 2002 or so, and then the prices were updated since then. But aren't they cool tires?

[SadieKate]

Sew-ups do use tubes. When you repair them, you have to open the stitching and patch the tube. But you can't replace the tube (unless you want to do several hours worth of sewing). You don't carry spare tubes, but a spare tire with a tube sealed inside. There are new tires called "tubular clinchers" which contain no tubes and use clincher rims. Traditional sew-ups use a very different rim and are held on by glue.

Thank you, Deb. I was trying to keep this super simple so as not to confuse Mimi.

Mimi, if you don't have sew-ups or clinchers what do you have? Unless you have a solid tire -- but that is even more rare than a sew-up/tubular on a road bike.

Any recent model road bike will use clinchers.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tires.html

[mimitabby]

doy.. i have tires with tubes and with rims.
sorry. I am getting it bit by bit.

I presumed that Clinchers were the new thing to hold onto the sew/glued tires.

Rims: Mavic CXP-21, 32

i'm glad my husband isn't reading this!

[SadieKate]

Rims: Mavic CXP-21, 32

I assume the 21 and 32 were simply the previous version of the 22 and 33 listed on Mavic's site.

You can look on the manufacturer's sites to find maximum tire size and pressure as shown in the link below. A little bit of sleuthing and you could probably find the same for your rims but it is probably the same or darn close to it. You are not looking to put an extreme tire on the rim so any 700x25 should be fine.

http://www.mavic.com/ewb_pages/p/pro...=3&gamme=route