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does that mean you would just have some tape too to hold it on, or use the residual glue on the rim to adhere the new tub?
The latter. You'd usually have the base coat of glue on the base tape of the tyre too, so you have cured adhesive on both surfaces, and pressing them together with about 100psi is enough to stop any relative movement, as the cured glue is a rubbery polymer.
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So speaks the voice of experience.
I have no experience of tubulars or tubeless tyres, so I guess I'd stick with clinchers for almost every use. I have tubs on some track wheels I use at HHV, but I think when they go I may have to ask someone else to put new ones on!
Serious question: if you need to use the spare tubular on a ride (not totally weird to me as I often carry a folding clincher in case of tyre disasters) does that mean you would just have some tape too to hold it on, or use the residual glue on the rim to adhere the new tub?
I am totally used to just switching inners on clinchers by the roadside. Seems to me like if you've never had much experience with tubulars, you're unlikely to switch to them because someone on the internet says they're dead easy to use.