How to Mount a Tubular Road Bike Tire
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 at
12:42 am
www.graskyendurance.com. Brian Grasky demonstrates his technique for gluing a tubular tire using Tufo rim tape
To tape handlebars on a road bike, peel back the hood cover and expose the clamp to begin applying adhesive. Tape handlebars on a road bike with tips from a bike mechanic in this free video on bicycles. Expert: Jeff Moesch Bio: Jeff Moesch has been working in the bicycle industry for nearly 10 years. He has experience riding and repairing mountain bikes, racing bikes, cross-country bikes and free-ride bikes. Filmmaker: Reel Media LLC
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Tagged with: Bike • Mount • Road • Tire • Tubular
Filed under: Road Bike Videos
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Agree.. Never stretch a tire like that. You should only do this by mounting it on the rim (without cement of course) the day before, and inflate to maximum pressure.
You never want to stretch the tire like that.
Hey, what’s the title of the musical track that plays throughout and where can I find it?
@Murry25 Likable ‘rant’ It made me laugh…
Ridiculuosly misleading infromation in this video. FFS.
1) Stretching the tyre by pulling on it, SPECIFICALLY recommended against for conti tyres
2) Tubular tape instead of glue, glue has been SCIENTIFICALLY tested to hold stronger than tape.
3) Leaving a section of rim ‘untaped’, is dumb. Your tyre WILL roll.
@Murry25 haha Murry you just made me smile
i dig this song lol
Only issue I have is finding a 700mm tubular tire that has the puncture resistance of the Continental GatorBacks. Good video and if you have the time, recommend some tires for my old Mavic wheel please ;0
Aber wo krieg ich die Schiene fürs Bein her?
Hey nice video u should check my channel out
that’s actually not true completely, carbon fiber is 32x stronger than steel if you were to try and bend it, but it is much more fragile, for instance, if you were to drop it from a great hight, it would shatter, steel wouldn’t. but for a bike frame, carbon is much stronger, because it is the bending force that is applied, not the shattering force.
>>I heard it will cause the base tape of the tire to pull away from the tire itself.
Haven’t seen that happen for about 20 years. If it did, a lot of track riders would be rolling tires !
Even when there was a problem (~’78-’80 & Conti-only I think) it only became evident when removing the tire. I ‘m not aware of that ever causing a tire to roll.
@luscious9lips: The vid is Tire Gluing by kenssato. He talks about it @ about 1:02. The vid should be just to the right.
@gbshaun: I know 3M Fasttack is a good adhesive but I heard it will cause the base tape of the tire to pull away from the tire itself. The result is the base layer is still suck to the rim with the glue in between the base layer and rim. The rest of the tire is detached from the base layer, therefore detached from the rim. There is a vid here showing how to glue tires and the guy talks about it that problem with 3M Fasttack.
The ability with CF to add material where you want it, and to build it in an optimal shape rather than have to bend or expand tubes, results in a significantly better product for most applications. You can do things with CF that were simply not possible with steel.
Yes marketing is always there, but that’s not what has caused the change to CF. “It’s all about performance” !
>>3m FastTack will eat through the base tape of the tire
Not true. when Fast tack was first available in the early-80′s Conti used a glue that wasn’t compatible with 3M, but they changed that >20 years ago. If there was a problem, the whole cycling world would know about it long long ago!
3M #08031 used properly will never let go prematurely, and doesn’t add an inefficient layer of sponge as Tufo tape does. That tape is good to carry for emergencies, but don’t make it your regular method.
@luscious9lips: There is more money (profit) in the CF industry. Market forces have a great influence in the decisions and behaviors of consumers. Again, I’m not doubting or denying the greatness of CF; but the question has to be asked “is CF really much better or more necessary than steel?… or is CF another way for the bike industry to make more money by being ‘innovative’ ?”
@dahgutone: In a laboratory, carbon might be quantified as being stronger than steel. In real life applications no frame material is stronger than steel. Steel has more fatigue life and a lot better impact (blunt force) resistance than carbon fiber. I’m not denying the greatness of carbon fiber but marketing comes into the equation as well. There are great steel frames with tubing that results in stiff, durable, very smooth and liteweight frames but the is more $ in marketing from CF industry
@gbshaun: 3m FastTack will eat through the base tape of the tire and cause the tire to separate from the base tape. Effectively this is as dangerous as a tire not glued well to a rim.
hey great clip. I was a big day for minimum wage workers when i finally got enough money to buy some deep carbon tubular.
This has been handy to get me on the road
what happened to that guy’s leg? is it broken? looks like we know what happened to the first tubular tire!
NEVER pre-stretch a tire. Wutta bunch of new age incompetent idiots……………..
what does it matter of someone wants to ride carbon, it’s not even that expensive anymore. Grow up!
Good video thanks
GRRRR. I hate those people.
Also Carbon Fibre is more expensive… So when a fat guy in lycra is riding a 10 grand bike a few kilometres down the road, you have to admit he’s a bit of a dickhead
Thanks man, this help me a lot..
NICELY DONE.
And thats how you wrap a handle bar.
@thecastman97 haha
@arbanaskocudo lmao what do you want to use? duct tape? lol. the bar tape did work on the bar, electrical tape is like the cherry on top (not really) but still, its worked for 50+ years
does electrical tape holds enough good ? i doubt it
Not bad, but I like starting at the top of the handlebars, by wrapping the bar tape over itself once, and then finishing at the plug end so you don’t have to use finicky electrical tape to hold it in place.
I have that same bike! Alpha 1.2. Great bike but crap components
thank you
Very cool, thank you!! quick question. I’m going to change my tape, but my handle bar hurts my hands inside. may I tape new one over existing one ? This way I think holding the bar may be a bit smoother )
he wrapped it so fast… he must do 30 a day
@MaikUniversum
idiot !
this video is fake. There is no bike.
Once again “ExpertVillage” misses an important point. Top of bar should have the reverse wrap past the brakes.
How do you remove the brakes from the bars. Im not sure how to get the clamp off.
Jeff- You are the best on here. Could you do a vid on how to add in-line brake levers on a road or racing bike?
1:50 - 2:05 That’s what she said.
138,712 vids from expert village OMG
He does it right up until he hits the shifter. You should come up from inside the shiter, not the outside, so you wrap the other way along the top. This stops it from unravelling over time.
Holy shit…an Expert village video that is actually made by an EXPERT!!!!!!! Dude that was excellent and if I were you I’d re-brand away from expert village as I almost didn’t watch this video because they are usually utter dog shit!!!!!!!!! Thanks
I’ve watched them all and this is the best method. Did my first bar following this method and looks great. Thanks.
Hint: ignore every comment about how this method is wrong. This guy is a master doing the cleanest job in the shortest time I’ve ever seen. Perfect!
well done….
I have only 1 question: why?
@ironmanc5 Exactly. That’s why when I wrap I always start next to the stem and work outwards on the left and right towards the bottom, then plug. Every video on YouTube I have seen so far on how to wrap tape totally contradicts my method. I call it MY method, but it was taught to me by the owner of a Gitane dealership that I used to work for back in the early 80′s. Try to wrap any other way and we would get our asses jumped.