Re: [CR]Tubulars and sidewalls

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From: "Todd Kuzma" <tullio@theramp.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Tubulars and sidewalls
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 22:14:08 -0600
To: john@os2.dhs.org
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

On Feb 7, 2005, at 8:11 PM, John Thompson wrote:
> On th subject of tubulars, or sew-ups, or whatever you prefer to call
> them -- I have a set of Clement Campionato del Mundo SETAs (on Super
> Champ rims with high flange Record hubs and flat skewers -- yum!) with
> plenty of tread left, but dry sidewalls. In the old days, I could get
> little bottles of liquid latex for fixing this but my supply is gone
> and I haven't found anyone who stocks it. What are other people doing
> for their aging sidewalls?

Er, replacing them with new tires?

Seriously, putting goop on the sidewalls may temporarily keep the tires from exploding, but they are no longer the same tires. They will not ride the same, nor will they look the same. Time for new tires.

Todd Kuzma
Tullio's Big Dog Cyclery
Heron Bicycles
LaSalle IL 815-223-1776
http://www.tullios.com/
http://www.heronbicycles.com/