Carrying spare tubular

peterwright said:

What is the best way to carry a spare tubular when racing ?

It should be strapped under the saddle, held by an old leather toe strap.

There is a special way to wrap the strap around the rails which somebody would have to show you...

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get a toe strap, loop it around the seat rails and fold the tubie inside of it, tighten...

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peterwright said:

What is the best way to carry a spare tubular when racing ?

The proper way is to carry them around your neck. The following photograph demonstrates
different styles:

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Toe straps and other binders can cut into the rubber of your tire. Consider putting the folded tire in an old sock and stuff it either in a jersey pocket or a water bottle cage.

peterwright said:

What is the best way to carry a spare tubular when racing ?

Glued to a spare wheel, in the the sag wagon...

Matt O.

Sheldon Brown said:

peterwright said:

What is the best way to carry a spare tubular when racing ?

It should be strapped under the saddle, held by an old leather toe strap.

There is a special way to wrap the strap around the rails which somebody would have to show you...

There used to be (perhaps still is) a little gadget that bolts across the rear of the saddle rails
(fits a Brooks Pro perfectly) to secure a folded tubular. I came across a NOS example a few years
ago and thought it looked like just the thing for my restored PX10E.

It has two rubber bungees attached to a hook with a finger ring that stretches under folded tire and
links to a slot in the mounting bracket. The name on the gadget is MPAR.

Anyone know when these were manufactured/available?

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What is the best way to carry a spare tubular when racing ?

The key here is "when racing." When racing, you don't carry anything. Wheels in the follow vehicle
or wheel pit is the answer.

When out riding around is another story...

Mike

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peterwright said:

What is the best way to carry a spare tubular when racing ?

Glued to a spare wheel, in the the sag wagon...

Matt O.

Someone else is paying attention in class.

I wrote my post before seeing this one. Sorry.

Mike

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Originally posted by John Everett
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:58:27 -0500, Sheldon Brown

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peterwright said:

What is the best way to carry a spare tubular when racing ?

It should be strapped under the saddle, held by an old leather toe strap.

There is a special way to wrap the strap around the rails which somebody would have to show you...

There used to be (perhaps still is) a little gadget that bolts across the rear of the saddle rails
(fits a Brooks Pro perfectly) to secure a folded tubular. I came across a NOS example a few years
ago and thought it looked like just the thing for my restored PX10E.

It has two rubber bungees attached to a hook with a finger ring that stretches under folded tire and
links to a slot in the mounting bracket. The name on the gadget is MPAR.

Anyone know when these were manufactured/available?

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Man, I had to really dig to find this photo. The link is to some guy's eBay auction. He says it's Italian but the box says Spain which makes sense. Rivendell used to sell them in their catalogue but not the newer issue. They're probably discontinued.

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Toe straps and other binders can cut into the rubber of your tire. Consider putting the folded tire
in an old sock and stuff it either in a jersey pocket or a water bottle cage.

In all the years I strapped a tubular under my saddle I NEVER damaged a tire this way. Phil Brown

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peterwright said:

What is the best way to carry a spare tubular when racing ?

When racing, your spare tubular and the pump to inflate it should be safely stowed in the trunk
of your car. Don't carry things that could be dislodged and dropped into the field of riders
behind you.
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In all the years I strapped a tubular under my saddle I NEVER damaged a tire this way [under
saddle, old toe strap].

I proved it could be done once. New CG, too. If you put a pre-glued tire in an old sock and thence
into a saddle bag, you get a sticky spare and no chocolate mess. --Tom Paterson

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What is the best way to carry a spare tubular when racing ?

Mounted on a wheel in the support truck or the wheel pit.
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Very good Sheldon. So what does 1/40th of a troy ounce = ?

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Very good Sheldon. So what does 1/40th of a troy ounce = ?

Phil Holman

Dear Phil and Sheldon,

Half a pennyweight?

This kind of stuff is all right as long as you keep it clean. I may have missed the c's, u's, and
t's in that letter in "Twelfth Night," but we burnt those topless towers in Ilium and won't hesitate
to censor any smutty remarks that we understand.

Thomas Bowdler

P.S. Here's a good web page:

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Its table gives various Helen ratings (ship launching), which can be converted into O'Learie's
(burning down Chicago instead of Troy):

Light up a Lucky While Strolling past a Shipyard Burn a Dinner Candle & Spit a Toothpick into a
Water Glass Barbecue a Couple of Steaks & Toss an Inner Tube Into the Pool Send the Old Man on a
Canoe Trip & Build a Good Roaring Blaze in the Fireplace Christen a Motor Boat & Start a Grass Fire

. . . and so on.

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No it doesn't. I have carried a spare this way for years and have never damaged a tire. I use a
Campagnolo leather toe strap.

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What is the best way to carry a spare tubular when racing ?

The key here is "when racing." When racing, you don't carry anything. Wheels in the follow vehicle
(snipped)

But don't get dropped. That spare wheel won't do you much good if the van with the wheels in it is
in front of you.

If the race has major climbs and your support is limited, carry a spare.

JP

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No it doesn't. I have carried a spare this way for years and have never damaged a tire. I use a
Campagnolo leather toe strap.

No wonder. A Shimano toe strap would have destroyed numerous tires by now. ;-)

Best part, you can rebuild a Campagnolo toe strap. With Shimano you have to buy a new one when your
current toe strap wears out.

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DiabloScott said:

John Everett said:

There used to be (perhaps still is) a little gadget that bolts across the rear of the saddle
rails (fits a Brooks Pro perfectly) to secure a folded tubular. I came across a NOS example a
few years ago and thought it looked like just the thing for my restored PX10E. It has two
rubber bungees attached to a hook with a finger ring that stretches under folded tire and links
to a slot in the mounting bracket. The name on the gadget is MPAR. Anyone know when these were
manufactured/available? jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net home.earthlink.net~jeverett3httpOpen ↗
://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3

Man, I had to really dig to find this photo. The link is to some guy's eBay auction. He says it's
Italian but the box says Spain which makes sense. Rivendell used to sell them in their catalogue
but not the newer issue. They're probably discontinued.

tinyurl.com33du7Open ↗

Very similar to the gadget I have. Only real difference, on my MPAR model the finger ring is a bent
extension of the hook at the end of the bungees.

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