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You also need to take in consideration that the tyres they ride are vastly different, especially two factor; tubular and hand-made, those mean you can run it high and still be quite supple to ride.
Speak for yourself. Some of us, save on our touring and city push bikes, ride these tubulars :-)
Secondly, latex lose pressure quickly, so if you run em high at first, it'll likely to lose maybe 10-15psi in an all day race (anyone know how much losses?).
Not all tubulars have latex inner-tubes. All of Continental's offerings use special butyl tubes, save for some very special "one offs" when "demanded" by supported teams within their team support programme ("ProLtd"). Most proriders on Continental tubulars--- even in Olympic track competitions--- are riding butyl.
Thirdly, I don't think racers cared, unless they're the like of Cavendish.
Proriders tend to be very "mojo" driven, susceptible to placebo effects and easilly swayed to follow trends. They are a soft sell for magic bullets. They are also risk aversive so tend to jump blindly onto bandwagons. That is why things like elliptical chainrings (Q-Rings, Osymetric etc.) keep making their rounds.. while always armed with a Sharpie or logo stickers to cover up their sponsorship sins..
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You also need to take in consideration that the tyres they ride are vastly different, especially two factor; tubular and hand-made, those mean you can run it high and still be quite supple to ride.
Secondly, latex lose pressure quickly, so if you run em high at first, it'll likely to lose maybe 10-15psi in an all day race (anyone know how much losses?).
Thirdly, I don't think racers cared, unless they're the like of Cavendish.