Seamed tubular tires for cycles

A tubular tire for a bicycle having a radial inner periphery with a profile adapted to fit a corresponding profile of a wheel rim comprising

• a carcass formed of at least one rubberized fabric strip;
• said rubberized fabric strip having two opposite lateral edges joined together to form a torodial body with seaming means securing said edges of the strip together around the inner periphery of said toroidal body;
• an inner tube enclosed within said toroidal body;
• a rubberized fabric band having an axial width sufficient to cover at least the width of the radial inner surface of said toroidal body with said inner surface facing the wheel rim and said band being bonded to said toroidal body with said band extending around the entire inner periphery of said toroidal body so as to cover the means securing the strip together;
• the pair of longitudinal ends of said band being circumferentially joined to each other by means of overlapping said ends;
• at least two circumferentially extending fracture lines on said band, said fracture lines being positioned axially so as to be spaced from said means securing the strip together;
• a non-bonded zone disposed along the axial width of the radial inner-most of the overlapping pair of ends of the band on said band so as to permit access to the band to tear it off the toroidal body along said fracture lines.