Glue vs Tape

Yes, plenty of mechanics prefer tape and glue. Some guys I even had a pile of respect for.  But I don't get it.
don't open the fold - really - don't - this is my way of avoiding a flame war

Ever argument presented in favor of using tape falls apart.  Does it hold better than a properly glued wheel w/o tape?  Is it as easy to clean off of the tire and the rim if you destroy a wheel but not a tire and need to re-glue it? Does it complicate the process or simplify the process? Does it really make it easier and cleaner?

Glue and tape.

It is pretty obvious maybe that I'm not a big fan of the tape.  It doesn't add anything empirically.  The whole "it builds up the center" doesn't work unless you're talking about the skinny tape and then using that doesn't make it easier to install because you need tape from edge to edge. It does increase the effective rim diameter, but if your tire is properly sized that is just going to make it harder to install cleanly, not really keep it attached any better in a cyclocross situation.  A poor glue job obviously is no good. But that can happen with tape.

What happens if/when you need to change tires? Throw the tire away? spend lots of extra time removing the base tape that is stuck to the rim? I guess it depends on what is important to you.

Here's a mechanic who has wrenched on a few bikes that has an opinion on the belgian tape:
https://twitter.com/chandlersnyder/status/242675324037521408
and
https://twitter.com/chandlersnyder/status/242675795368218624

(too lazy to embed the images - worth a click).

I guess the only compelling reason is speed.  But a lot of the methods I've seen with the Tape are no less time intensive than just using glue.

Race mechanics (not all do it though, just some) may use tape because it can be faster and easier and they just rip the tubulars off and throw them away if they remove them.

here:

I think Tape is dumb.

As an over active reader of everything i can get my hands on, also one who's practiced and watched and observed and listened to first hand professionals in the business, tape use just makes me scratch my head.  Esp with the newer fancy nice wide modern tubular rims available.

This came up. Because I did what I do best, I strung some words together that were mildly inflammatory but sounded good when I wrote them (golden shower of shame).  So there.
A few minute break to toss some more inflammatory content out there into the interwebs.

And no - don't use chain lube, use that home made stuff on the chain. Also Apples, yeah, unless they are organic, don't eat them, and then eat them only when local and in season (or out of a nice root cellar storage until they are gone).
G