Aging Your Tubulars - Cyclocross Magazine2024-03-29T14:18:33Zhttps://cowbell.cxmagazine.com/forum/topics/aging-your-tubulars?feed=yes&xn_auth=noI just read this the other da…tag:cowbell.cxmagazine.com,2009-06-17:1198434:Comment:319052009-06-17T10:55:49.978ZJoshhttps://cowbell.cxmagazine.com/profile/Josh
I just read this the other day and thought it was interesting:<br />
<a href="http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/tubular-fables.html">http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/tubular-fables.html</a><br />
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Essentially it says aging isn't necessary because the factory makes the tires in the desired consistency. It seems to me that aging tires is an old wives tale. For added support, I pulled out some old, used tires to glue up for the road this week and the didn't look so hot. But that's only a sample size of one.
I just read this the other day and thought it was interesting:<br />
<a href="http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/tubular-fables.html">http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/tubular-fables.html</a><br />
<br />
Essentially it says aging isn't necessary because the factory makes the tires in the desired consistency. It seems to me that aging tires is an old wives tale. For added support, I pulled out some old, used tires to glue up for the road this week and the didn't look so hot. But that's only a sample size of one.