Any puncture resistant tubular tyres?
whydoesitalwaysrainonme
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Well i am looking at a rear disc wheel for my road bike as i keep having spoke issues (and if somebody tells me to learn how to repair/build wheels i am going to kill them!), and have only really managed to fine tubular ones at around the £500 price range, i am looking for a puncture resistant training tyre, similar to say, the schwalbe marathon.
all help appreciated
Jamie
all help appreciated
Jamie
Ribble Gran Fondo
Focus Black Hills
Raleigh Chopper
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Raleigh Chopper
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Sorry mate, not being funny but you want a disc because your spoked wheels are going out of true rather than because your a TTer looking for an extra few seconds in a TT? If that's the case I'd seriously think again as to whether a disc is the right bit of kit for you - fairly specialist for TT use to be honest. If you really want to go this way then bear in mind that clincher discs can be had (from Planet X among others) but to put a slow touring style tyre on a wheel designed to save 10ths of a second for general cycling use would be a little, erm, odd.........
Not trying to be antagonistic, just trying to save you sone cash.0 -
A disc wheel is a drastic solution to a simple problem. Any competant LBS would be able to sort your current wheel out.0
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Well obviously it's not just for that, as i am planning to do TTing as well, as well as local crits. I cant afford a set of expensive TT wheels, a pair of racing wheels and a pair of strong training wheels, so i thought i'd just go for the expensive TT wheels, because i could use them for training as well as their intended use.Ribble Gran Fondo
Focus Black Hills
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Wouldn't want to use a £500 disc for daily training.
Get some strong wheels made for training, and get an aero front wheel for racing.
Try parkers, they have some good offers.0 -
whydoesitalwaysrainonme wrote:Well obviously it's not just for that, as i am planning to do TTing as well, as well as local crits.
unlikely you will be allowed to run a disk wheel in crits/road races anyway. Like Joe said - this is a remarkably expensive solution to a very basic problem.....0 -
Discs aren't indestructable either - seen a few cracked ones in my time including the one in my garage! As others have said, I don't think you've found a workable solution - learn to build wheels correctly or find someone who does.Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..0