A cautionary note on the Challenge Paris Roubaix tires: big, cushy, comfortable and attractive (if you like a fat tubular) but...they are lumpy. Before I'd take them home from a shop, I'd mount them on a dry wheelset and examine them carefully for lumps, bumps, jumps, and humps. I did just that after Aldo indicated that he had problems and returned a set. I thought they were passable but found after gluing them up that they aren't as round as I'd like. Less noticeable with less pressure but still there. Oh well, I'm eccentric too.
Charlie "Buh-bump goes the Hetchins" Young
Honeybrook, PA
> Clement is back under the "Challenge" marquee. A Thai
> company bought the old Clement machinery and is
> making cotton tires again. I saw their huge 30 C
> Paris Roubaix "Handmade" tire with hearing bone tread
> pattern. Looks pretty nice, but it doesn't clear
> short-reach brakes. Approx retail is 60.00 to 70.00
> each. Bike shops can order them through Quality
> Bicycle in Bloomington MN. No relation to Thai,
> Clement or Quality. Scott Davis fighting the army of
> worms in Frozen Duluth, MN
> --- swampmtn <swampmtn@siscom.net> wrote:
> > Was this ever confirmed?
> >
> > Aldo Ross
> > Monroe, Ohio
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Charlie Shafer <workdog@mindspring.com>
> >
> > Hearing about the recent death of Dugast made me
> > remember. . .
> >
> >
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