Clincher Tires on Tubular Wheels??

[PinkBike]

bicycle semantics (sigh)
maybe the term "tubular" now just means there's a tube inside (whether clincher or sew-up/glue-on)?
as if "clipless" wasn't a confusing enough name for a pedal that you clip into . . .

[VeloVT]

bicycle semantics (sigh)
maybe the term "tubular" now just means there's a tube inside (whether clincher or sew-up/glue-on)?
as if "clipless" wasn't a confusing enough name for a pedal that you clip into . . .

But don't tubulars **NOT** have tubes?

[DebW]

But don't tubulars **NOT** have tubes?

Tubulars do have tubes. The tube is just hidden inside the tire. To patch a tubular, you cut the stitching that holds the tire together, patch the tube, and sew the tire back together. The tubular-clinchers seem pretty close to sewups except that they mount on a clincher rim (but maybe there is no sewn seam). The open tubulars seem to have nothing in common with sewups and everything in common with clinchers.

[Kano]

all right. I love to sew, but no WAY am I going to sew tires...

Karen in Boise