'To be fair' if you want the tubular experience without the faff, you can buy Vittoria Pavè CG 'open tubulars' for £15 at CRC. They appear to have loads, in 25mm and 27mm. Save time, save money — an unusual win-win!
It's a tyre where the carcass is the same as a tubular tyre, but with a bead added so you can run it on clincher rims. It's a bit of marketing bollocks really.
'To be fair' if you want the tubular experience without the faff, you can buy Vittoria Pavè CG 'open tubulars' for £15 at CRC. They appear to have loads, in 25mm and 27mm. Save time, save money — an unusual win-win!