I love Veloflex Criteriums and I've mentioned this on the list before. The bike I ride the most (Erickson Competition model) currently has had a pair mounted for 24 months now w/o any problems at all. I also have Veloflex Crits on three other bikes. The going rate for Veloflex Criteriums seems to be about $65-80 each, for what it's worth.
One reason that Veloflex tubulars don't flat as much is because they use a latex tube. The cheapo tubulars that Peter is attempting to live with use a butyl tube, which is way more susceptible to flats.
Dave Patrick Chelsea, Michigan
gpvb1@comcast.net wrote: Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:13:03 -0400 From: "kohl57@starpower.net" To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: RE: [CR]Re: Tufo Tubulars
Original Message: ----------------- From: Earle Young earle.young@tds.net Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:57:05 -0500 To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Re: Tufo Tubulars
"Peter, you have been hit by one of the quirks of riding tubulars ... you weren't carrying a spare. It is widely known that if you carry a spare, you won't flat, but if you don't carry a spare, you will flat. :^)"
Earle "Clement silks" Young Madison, Wisc.
Earle, it's true! And I am convinced the reason so many folks urge me to spend $100 a pop on Veloflex Criteriums is that they never flat.. why? Not because they are made by little Italian elves but because after spending SO much on tyres, you get to pray to the same little Tubular God who looks after you and your rubber n' latex. I don't know about the rest of you, but after switching to tubulars I am a much more attentive rider... I keep my eyes on that pavement in front, eagle-eyed for every glimmering piece of could be glass, rocks, pebbles, pop-tops and sundries. And if you finish a ride without a flat, it's a bigger thrill than winning a stage in the TdF.
So there's no going back to clinchers for me.. it would be too practical and boring. And I'd just find something useful to do with all that money saved, too.
But enough of such talk, I am just jinxing myself for my afterwork ride. ....
Peter Kohler Washington DC USA
Hi Peter:
Where are Veloflex Criteriums going for $100 each? That sounds high.
I'm considering carrying them, along with several other Veloflex models in tubular and "clincher" - what do folks think of them, and what is the current market price for the Criteriums (and others)?
Greg Parker
Ann Arbor, Michigan