OK I finally took the plunge and glued my tubular tires after many many years of riding only clinchers. They are sitting for their 24 hours of drying right now but everything seemed to go OK. Or at least I guess I will find out when I ride them! Searching this forum gave me many helpful tips and it was not nearly as bad as I had feared it would be.
My one question, I bought my wheels used, and the seller was kind enough to leave the tires on. They look like nice tires, but there is Tufo tape on them, and the tape let go of the rims quite nicely, but it does not want to let go of the tires at all. I tried peeling some of the tape off the tires but it ended up peeling off some of the base tape of the tubular, and it looks like it would require extensive cursing, swearing, and finger blistering to get the old tape off. Do I just need to throw away the old tires? Thanks.
My one question, I bought my wheels used, and the seller was kind enough to leave the tires on. They look like nice tires, but there is Tufo tape on them, and the tape let go of the rims quite nicely, but it does not want to let go of the tires at all. I tried peeling some of the tape off the tires but it ended up peeling off some of the base tape of the tubular, and it looks like it would require extensive cursing, swearing, and finger blistering to get the old tape off. Do I just need to throw away the old tires? Thanks.