Carogna is a dual-sided adhesive tape that makes gluing tubular tyres a cinch. After three cyclocross races rattling around on Clement tyres held on with Carogna, I can vouch that the tape holds as securely as the traditional paint-it-on glue, with so much less hassle.
Carogna tape is super easy to install. And just as important, in my mind, is how easy it is to align the tyre on the rim.
The Carogna tape has a backing film on the tyre-facing side. To install, you simply apply the Carogna around a clean rim, starting just next to the valve hole, and wrapping around to the other side of the valve hole. If the tape is wider than the rim, you will need to trim it. Then, you peel back about an inch or two of the backing on either side of the valve hole, slide the tubular’s valve stem into the hole, and install the tyre, with those short tabs of the backing film folded outside of the tyre.
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Next, you pump up the tyre enough that it holds shape. Since the backing film is slick, it is easy to slide the tyre side to side to get it straight. For those of you who have glued your own tubulars, you know that moving a tyre covered in mastic on a rim is like wrestling a snake that’s nearly set in cement.
Once you have the tyre where you want it, you pull off the backing film, starting with those tabs you left folded out by the valve stem.
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