Re: [CR]Pinnacle of the vintage lightweight era?

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 21:43:26 -0500
To: "KCTOMMY" <KCTOMMY@email.msn.com>
From: "Jeff Slotkin" <jeffslotkin@home.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Pinnacle of the vintage lightweight era?
Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <001901c0b3e3$c2f729e0$be301a3f@oemcomputer>


At 03:53 PM 3/23/2001 -0600, KCTOMMY wrote:
>Very likely true. My first performance clinchers were Specialized folding
>Turbos mounted on Mavic G 40s, around '81. But I seem to recall that light
>clinchers had been accepted before that time. So the point of discussion
>remains "when did clinchers become a viable high performance option?"
>
>
>Tom Adams, in raining cold Kansas City

Just before the Cirque last year, I opened two brand new, 18 year old 700x32 Turbos, put them on my Trek 728 of the same vintage, and used that rig to tow a trailer full of my stuff to the meet. Those tires ride great, but the bike's a bit whippy and I'm glad my hotel is closer this year.

Jeff Slotkin
TheLocalSpoke
Goose Creek, SC