I love Veloflex tubulars! If you think that the Criterium is good you should try the Servio Course (210 gr 20-21 mm I think) - they really gives a magic ride IMHO. I had Vittoria CX's (new ones) on my Sachs, flatted one, decided to mount a pair of the used Veloflex SC's that I had around, and was suprised at the difference. They really feel "lively". Who knows if they are faster but they sure feel nice!
$69 seems to be the best price that I have seen lately.
Paul Raley Leonardtown MD
gpvb1@comcast.net wrote:
>Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:13:03 -0400
>From: "kohl57@starpower.net" <kohl57@starpower.net>
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: RE: [CR]Re: Tufo Tubulars
>
>
>
>Original Message:
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>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
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>"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
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