some people leave 5cm glue-less at the oposite side of the valve when mounting tubies, because it’s faster and easier to take the tire off in case of a flat.
is that save?
Would you recomend this for use with tufo tape?
Leaving an unglued section of tire is NOT safe. It’s a great way to roll a sew-up, and go down hard.
Changing a fully glued tubie takes an extra 10 seconds. Changing Tagaderm on your road-rash every day takes about 2 weeks (about the time it takes for your skin to heal)… you decide.
Joel
Why bother with leaving a spot unglued to roll a tire off and take the chance of rolling a tire while riding, when you can cut the fully glued tubbie off in about 5 seconds anyway! When a tubbie flats “its toast” anyway, so i carry a neat little razor blade thingy (made for this exact thing) to cut the tire in half and rip it right off!!
Now that is smart thinking, great point, great advise!
thanks and that’s what I’ll do from now on.