Car's tubeless tires don't need sealant. It is neat. We like neat things. ---June 14, 2018
Tubular is lighter, tubeless is more puncture resistant. But clinch tire is easy to install and uninstall. This kind of easiness is important for recreational riding, training, commuting and so on. You can switch tires for various road conditions and types of riding and race.
If add sealant to inner tube, clinch tire can be as puncture resistant as tubeless tire. --- Dec. 22, 2017
Tubular is lighter, tubeless is more puncture resistant. But clinch tire is easy to install and uninstall. This kind of easiness is important for recreational riding, training, commuting and so on. You can switch tires for various road conditions and types of riding or race.
If add sealant to inner tube, clinch tire can be as puncture resistant as tubeless tire. --- Dec. 22, 2017
There are quite some articles, videos and discussions about gravel bicycles and cycle-cross bicycles. For most people the differences are minor and not so important, should not be worried too much. For bicycle company A, their gravel bike's bottom bracket may be few millimeter lower, but probably is few millimeter high than company B's cycle-cross bike's bottom bracket.
Test ride some bikes, buy the favorite one. Hit the road and enjoy the ride!
PS. See our gravel/cx bike next spring. - - Oct. 02, 2017
Bicycle was born more than one hundred years ago. Steel or aluminum tube is the material for bicycle up to now. But carbon fiber is a very different material with very different manufacturing process. Let's rethink the bicycle design with carbon fibre. - - Sept. 29, 2017
A thought on the influence of UCI rules on bicycle industry. - - Sept. 23, 2017
Not press-fit. - - Aut. 20, 2017