Tubeless or Tubular? Tubular = "sew-ups" plus glue. Tubeless are only made for mtn bike rims as far as I know. Both take special rims. Most non-racer roadies ride clinchers, as in there is a bead around the edge of the tire which is held by the rim and the tire encloses a tube.
Sheldon Brown to the rescue again: http://sheldonbrown.com/tires.html
I'm editing to add this. Tufo makes what they call a "Tubular Clincher" In other words, it is a tubular tire (which is truly a tube) combined with the bead of a clincher so it mounts on standard clincher rims. I've known about Tufo but I don't know any one who uses Tufo. They might have 26" tires but I didn't really look. Be interesting to see some reviews.
http://www.tufonorthamerica.com/tiretypes.php
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08-05-2005, 02:03 PM #12
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