Tyres

canoas

Does anyone know whether pros train on tubulars or clinchers? Just out of interest.

I gather if they train on clinchers it might be a different feeling for them. I mean training without their team, their own individual training. I say this as I brought Campagnolo Ultra Bora Two Tubular wheelset and for me I noticied straight away after riding clinchers for 10 years, how nice and better tubulars are to ride with great comfort. A pity I can only use these for racing, I fear a puncture on tubulars riding in the countryside makes it an expensive habit and a pain in the as.....

birdie23

Clinchers most likely.

The secret pro wrote that pros don't do the best job of looking after training bikes so I can't imagine they'd fancy the extra hassle of tubs either.

smoggysteve

Pros get given whatever they want so most likely it will be the tyres they race on. Therefore more often than not I would say tubs.

DKay

Watching the latest vid on GCN, ex-pro Daniel LLoyd says that the majority of pros just train on bog-standard shallow section rims using clincher tyres.

cycleclinic

Clinchers are cheaper than tubs which is why tubs are a bit niche but tubular tyres exist for winter riding for example the conti gatorskin tub. I have a set of these and they a fair bit more comfotable than the clincher version, the gator skin is one of the few tyres I can ride in winter without puncturing every five minutes. So I want to use gator skin tubs this winter which mean I must build those wheels.

sloppyschleckonds

Bit of a myth you can't run tubulars all year. The only reason not would be rim and hub wear rather than cost of tyres.