>I gave up on tubulars years ago , I grew up on Del Mundos but as the
>amount of broken glass increased I started riding clinchers . Now
>that IM starting to get my vintage bikes back to their original
>condition, IM looking at tubulars again , and IM seeing all the
>colors of the rainbow , but not the classic fabric side walls with a
>black tread .
>I surfed the net yesterday and saw a Michelin with a "hand made
>cotton casing" for $20.00 and a Contintal for $30.00 . Is there a
>secret source for vintage tubulars?
There's two sources that I'm tempted by:
Cyclart: http://www.CyclArt.com/
Hutchinson Primato Corsa 700x28 cotton, Clement Paris Roubaix size, but lighter! Classic looks & quality! 245gram French made 70s Italian style. #5306 $45each.
Tubular, "Gifo 61" 24mm, file tread, classic look 310grams. A great riding tire that loks right on your classic! Item #: TI-5039 Each $46.75
Bicycle Classics: (pasted from http://www.bicycleclassics.com/
>The Spirit of Clement and the Paris Robaix live on! (sort of)
>
>A new company called challange has apparently obtained the molds
>from the now defunct Clement company (or at least the Clement that
>made the good tires). They are making tires of wide section - 27mm
>under the name Paris Robaix. These are wider than the Clement
>version - perhaps close to the Del Mundo size. We have not seen
>these yet but we'll have them by early this coming week.
>
>Quality is good - but not to the standard of the Clement ones. These
>Thailand made tires, however, are the best and closest thing to the
>now discontinued tires that we all loved. Initial word is that the
>sidewalls perhaps would benefit from some added latex - easy and fun
>to do for tubular fans.
>
>We will offer the Challange brand Paris Robaix in 27mm at 295g for
>$49 each. This is really exciting for us - we need something fun for
>our old tubular rims!
Roy "don't mention the 'glue' incident in front of my wife" Drinkwater Lititz "packing for 2 weeks in NJ", PA