Slowman,
Ballpark, what percentage of wheels in Kona were Tubulars if you had to shoot from the hip? Or anyone else?
I will take a wild guess, but I think there were a higher % of under ten hour people on sewups than over ten hour riders. I would bet there were more Euro riders on sewups than Americans. out of the 1700 riders maybe 30% on sew ups. That is just what I saw and I actually only looked at 30-40 bikes close enough to tell. Not sure that was a criteria of the counters, and where does the Tufo tubular clincher fit in? G
I would say the Tufo tubular clincher fit in the clincher camp…
Has anybody used these Tufo sew up/clinchers? Years ago Victoria had a sew up/clincher but it didn’t sell very well because the rolling resistance was so high (so I heard). Is this worth thinking about? Obviously you’d need to invest in 3 tires to my way of thinking.