Road Gluing Tape (19mm X 2M)

Bought a fantastic Craigslist bike a year ago. I know nothing about bicycles and even less about road bicycles. Apparently, my wheels require hand-sewn tires that need to be glued onto the wheel. I had no idea that was a thing. I had been riding around on old tires that weren't even glued on. I am blessed that I didn't crash and damage my aluminum wheels. This bike is just meant to get me around my new college town and keep me healthy. So being the ignorant enthusiast that I am, I dropped it off at a local shop and had them do it the first time...for over $200. That bill wasn't fun, but at least I got expert eyes to go over my bike and check everything, too. Skip ahead a year and these replacement tires are shot. I need new ones but I wasn't in the mood to just outsource it again. I have to be able to do this myself and save some serious money; I was borrowing this money from someone after all (who I don't know who...it is the deep dark pool of money, right Michael Lewis???). I read up on it like a good scholar that I am. It is what I do currently anyways. So, I bought the tires and took a gamble on this little gem of a product. Many people much more involved in the hobby than I have spoken against it. However, I felt that I need the training wheels, to use a parlance of the hobby, as I did not want to make a mess or screw up what were fairly expensive tires. So I ripped off my old tires, and found that the previous $200 I spent to get these replaced did not include removing what was probably 20 years of glue residue. Part of the reason I was replacing my tires was that they were beginning to pull away from the wheel. I am guessing that this residue which should have been removed may have prevented thorough adherence. So after a thorough cleaning of the wheel with acetone, knives, screwdrivers, brushes and paper towels, i put on this gem of a product as according to instructions. Super Easy. It has held better than the expert installation I previous had done. tl;dr Clean your wheels and install this accordingly and you will not regret it. WORTH IT!!! I like being able to put it down in stages and not having to wait to cure like you have to with glue. P.S. Getting on tires to a wheel is very tricky work. Not complicated just lots of stretching here and holding there and getting close but having it pop off and being back at square one. Patience and perseverance works out in the end. EDIT: it has been a couple of years and I haven't ridden it as much as when I was in college, but the glue is still holding on fine. Best idea I had in college, maybe.

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I've glued 4 tires using tufo tape. Tubulars can be intimidating, namely because of all the mumbo jumbo hoopla with the glue. I bought some glue to use on my first set of tubulars, looked at the tube, and said no way jose. Just reading about how to glue a tubular was too much of a hassle. So in comes tufo tape. This stuff is EASY to use. It takes the hassle out of gluing tubulars. This tape is essentially a fancy version of two sided scotch tape. It comes in a roll, apply it to the rim, the out side has a protective film you leave on. Then mount the tubular, lightly inflate and center it, Then you remove the protective strip, while the tubular is still on. Yes its that simple. It took me 10 minutes to glue my first set of tubulars with this tape. Like I said earlier, I've glued 4 tires on 4 rims using this tufo tape. 2 tires were vittorias on carbon rims, 2 tires were tufo on aluminum rims. They have all held well, no issues riding them. This is definitely a game changing product. Use regular glue if you like making a mess and wasting your time. This tufo tape is quick and leaves it very professional looking.

Sticks and holds true. Easy to install and would not go to gluing a tubeless. Have raced with this holding my wheels on from Sprint Triathlons to 1/2 Ironman races and no issues at all. The only things I would warn you of is that the residual tape is extremely hard if not impossible to get off of your rim, I tried just about everything short of gasoline! Secondly, get the tape in your wheel rim straight the first time and mash it down good. Worth the money and made installation quick verse gluing time.

I've been riding Tubulars with Tufo tape for over a year and haven't had a single problem. You don't have to deal with the long process of using glue, prepping the tires, etc,.. you can just put it on, put on the tire and it's good to go. Old tape removes easily (easier than glue) using a heat gun (or hair dryer if you are patient). If you do get a flat, it isn't a problem to just put the new tire over the existing tape and it should get you home if you ride sensibly. I also have a Tufo tubular and it is awesome and very durable

I've just used this product to glue a pair of continental sprinters to a pair of zipp 303 wheels. Before applying the tape I cleaned the rim surface several times with acetone until the cloth came up clean. I applied the tape to the rim and rubbed it down first with my thumb nail and then the handle of the scissors I used to cut the tape, as it contoured nicely to the wheel. I was careful to start from the center, rubbing the tape into the groove in the center of the rim first before working my way outward towards the edges of the rim. I then inserted the valve into the valve hole and stretched the tire over the rim and inflated it to 100 psi to allow the tire to conform to the rim and centered the tired on the rim. I then deflated the tire, and I pulled the plastic off the tape 3-5cm at a time as I lifted the tire slightly off the rim bed. I then pressed the tired down to the rim bed to ensure bonding and I inflated the tire to 120 psi. With the job completed, I have absolutely zero confidence that this tire will stay adhered to the rim around a hard corner. When I push hard laterally on the tire with my thumb, even inflated to 120 psi, the tape visibly peels up from the rim bed, looking like millions of little silk threads. The tape obviously adheres to the rim and to the tire, but the adhesive seems way too soft for this application. I ride in California in frequently high temperatures, and my suspicion is that this adhesive will melt right off.