In a message dated 2/16/01 7:38:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, grisha2@juno.com writes:
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> I am not sure of the question here, and looked and could not find any
> paper to back it up, but I seem to remember a sew-up tire made that would
> fit a clincher rim. I am not sure if it was for 700C or 27".
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> If it happened, it was in the 80s sometime. I seem to remember a blurb in
> Bicycling about it, and was not able to find it.
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I can't remember the name, but we have several of them, by Wolber.
They were round molded, tough to carry as spares, but very neat , round, and slim. Silvery sidewall, black tread.
They were more of a 'clincher' that the wire-on tires that we mistakenly call clinchers today.
Sheldon 'lighter than me, but perthaps more enlightened' Brown's lexicon might agree.
As far as the 27" tubs, Barum, Soyo, and others used this nomenclature to differentiate the '700c' from the 26" size.
I have 'single tube' (shellac-on one-piece tires) from the old days that were available for wood, iron-clad wood, or all-metal rims in both 28 and 26" (and possibly smaller) sizes
There were 'racing' models of these that approach the fattest sew-ups we used 30 years ago.
Larry 'hood covers, not hoods' Black