Anyone know anything about these? As part of a deal from a fellow list member, I got a few old sewups, some of which I'm going to have repaired and some of which still hold air. Among the living (at least they're holding some air in my basement) are a couple of Vittoria Trofeo tires. They say "250" on them and, according to my handy-dandy kitchen scale, that's about what they weigh in grams - I got 260 or so.
They seem like nice enough tires and I'm looking forward to taking them for a spin around the neighborhood, but I'm curious to know about when they were in use, what sort of materials they may be made from, if they were made in Italy or elsewhere, and the like. Any light anyone could shed on these would be appreciated.
(For anyone else who may want to have the experience of riding on old, used sewups, allow me to share my one previous experience. I put the original tires back on my Raleigh, which were probably 15 years old at that point, and they both held air. "Great," I said, and took them out on a club ride. That became the only club ride on which I've gotten two flats, and I had only one spare tire. (Fortunately I had a cell phone and my kind, generous wife rescued me.) One of them held air for perhaps 5 miles while the second one lasted about 30. Thus, I've decided that any used sewups get ridden around town for at least a few days, preferrably a few weeks, before venturing further afield.)
Thanks in advance.
-S-