Back in the early 70s, before I could afford good quality tires, I spent many a ride sitting on the side of the road fixing flats, since I would often get more than one puncture on a long ride.
Peter Jon White Peter White Cycles 24 Hall Rd. Hillsborough, NH 03244 603 478 0900 Phone 603 478 0902 Phax http://www.PeterWhiteCycles.com
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> There are currently a couple of eBay sellers who insist that sewup tires
> can be repaired (although noone in his right mind would ever want to do
> it).
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> Description for Item #3615024551 (Tubular sew up Needle Kit) says "This
> was used to repair your tubulars. Nowadays we buy new tubulars but they
> can be repaired."
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> Description for Item #2180342500(Vittoria Sewup Tubular Tire Repair Kit)
> says in part "There's so much detail here, I mean, people used to repair
> their sewups !!! You can definitely use this kit, and your infinite
> patience, to repair a nice classic sewup. You can also just put these on
> a shelf to commemorate classic "attention to detail". "
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> Are these sellers nuts or is it true that, in the old days, people used
> to repair their tubular tires? If so, I'm certainly going to regret
> trashing all those punctured Italian hand-made silk sewups.
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> Martin Needleman
> Annapolis, MD