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It was all quite exciting actually, it was my first tub puncture. I forgot to pack pitstop so I ripped off the old one, slapped on a bit of glue on the new ones with a paintbrush that i handily had on me and mounted it as usual. Did it all rather hastely so it wasn't centred properly, but it didnt take much longer than a regular tube swap would have and it seemed to ride fine.
I know you can preglue them but i couldnt be bothered and gambled with the knowledge that I hadn't punctured for the preceeding 5000+ miles I had covered over the last year.
To be honest I feel you can ride tubs without any glue if you pump them up hard and corner slowly. But that's just my personal opinion. Having said that, I didn't like knowing they werent 100%, so have decided to give tufo tape a go. It was also mightly silly of me to ride to Rotterdam on tubs in the first place. Am on the hunt for a semi decent clincher wheelset for that purpose.