the belgian method for mounting tubulars
I’ve had great luck this cross season with the belgian method. After seeing people roll tubulars, I needed the extra reinsurance of using glue and tubular tape. I don’t know how you could roll with the glue and tape - it’s super solid. When I cracked my carbon rim I had a guy fix it and when I got it back I had to deal with the tape. It was stuck on the rim and the tire and getting it off was an all day affair. Most of the tape was on the tire and that came off pretty easily. I heated it up with a hair dryer and rolled it off. But, getting the glue and tape off the carbon rim was a nightmare. I tired goo off with no luck and then picked up some Motsenbocker’s Lift Off and a wire brush and got most of it off. Does anyone have any suggestions for taking off tape and glue from a tubular rim?
January 3rd, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Acetone and use the stuff you get at Hardware stores.
January 8th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Your experience is the number one reason not to do the “Belgian method.” A good glue job will keep the tire on the rim just fine. After the season, I tried to take a torn Flexus off a rim and the tire started to separate from the base tape rather than the base tape coming off the rim.
Learn to glue well and forget the tape.