Re: [Classicrendezvous] Tubular Tires

(Example: Framebuilders:Dario Pegoretti)

From: <Gjvinbikes@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 20:59:31 EDT
Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Tubular Tires
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 9/30/00 12:23:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, GregParker1@compuserve.com writes:
> Had an interesting interaction with a lbs yesterday. I brought in a
> pair of high-flange Superbe Pro hubs, intending to have them built into
> some tubulars. The guy took one look at them and said to me that "I
> suppose that I could build a completely out of date wheel with those
> 'things.'"

What a fool. I wonder if he would find the front wheel "out of date" ? My wife rides an old Campy record hi-flange front wheel along with her rear Shimano cassette wheel (she likes STI). They both go, on the average, about the same speed with the same effort. And the Campy front will NEVER become obsolete as Shimano changes the parameters for cassettes.

If only we could stop the move to MTB head tubes on road bikes.

Glenn Jordan Durham, NC (night now, getting cooler)