Dugast sells mtb tubulars. Looks like they have a 52mm tire for sale. I’ve exchanged emails with the usa dealer and I think he pretty much said tell me what you want and they’ll make it at no extra cost to the admittedly high price of their tires.
I’ve never ridden tubeless and have no interest so can’t comment on how they compare. One of the guys I rode with last year on GDMBR was on tubeless and was the only one of the 3 of us to have tire issues. One of his tires blew out. Fortunately, we were close to the highway and he luckily caught a ride into the nearest town which did not have needed replacement but, again luckily, he was able to get one delivered from another town and was back on the road the next day. He said it took 4 people to get the new tire mounted with a tube. They must have pinched it because it went flat the next day and it took the 3 of us to replace the tube. I was not impressed. It may be a silly thought but, I just wanted to see if doing something like GDMBR on tubulars would be feasible. I’ve done two one week trips and for that I think they just might work. Wouldn’t think of doing it all in one ride on tubulars, at least not until I had been able to do a week or so on them successfully. I’ve only done a little bit of off road, rough stuff on the RR’s so far and not loaded so that experiment is in very early stages. If not for this curiosity I wouldn’t even be thinking 50mm tires. For a mixture of unloaded road and normal gravel/dirt (whatever that might mean), I’m thinking any tubular between 30-40mm should be most adequate and provide as much comfort as anything. As for comparing the 50mm clinchers to the 50mm tubulars (both of which actually measure at 47 for me) with extremely limited experience yet, I want to say 30-35 psi is as low as I want to go on the road. Off road I think I can probably go lower on the tubulars and feel like I get better float and a less harsh ride with better traction. More experimenting to do there. The Mondials are almost 2 lbs each without tubes but have been bomb proof. The RR’S are lighter and so are the tubular wheels but I’m betting the RR’s are not bomb proof. Don’t know how the risk reward is going to play out yet but I’m having fun (can you tell?)! Bill S -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/bd07eb57-1620-4905-8293-04c4490fa1f4%40googlegroups.com.
