Re: [CR]questions on mounting tubulars

(Example: Framebuilders:Doug Fattic)

From: "stevens" <stevens@veloworks.com>
To: ADP <aphillips9@mindspring.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]questions on mounting tubulars
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:22:17 -0700
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20040219105947.03cbc298@pop.mindspring.com>
References: <6.0.0.22.2.20040219105947.03cbc298@pop.mindspring.com>


On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 11:15:47 -0500, ADP wrote
> Is there any easier way to get them stretched enough to get them on
> the rims without such a wrestling match?
>
> 2 of my cats were sitting there watching me, being very concerned
> about the cursing and complaining (all the while I was hoping the
> phone would not ring) while I was trapped by a pair of Continental
> Sprinters and Mavic CX18s.
> <snip><snip>------------------------------------------------<snip><snip>
>
> Are Continental tubulars tight fits like their clinchers and I was
> just silly to buy these, or what?

Yes.

Use Vittoria or Veloflex or pretty much anything else instead, especially something with a high-thread-count cotton casing.

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