[CR]Rock hard after a week...

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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:08:45 -0700
From: "Rich Pinder" <rpinder@usc.edu>
To: classic <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]Rock hard after a week...

I'm talking (of course) about an aged set of unused Tubular tires that are firmly glued to the rims on my recently acquired 1971 Windsor Pro. ( http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~rpinder/Windsor.html )

With this recent discussion on Tubulars, and my urgent need to FINALLY jump into the scary world of Tubulars.... I was wondering if these old tires are still usable ?? I think I need to unmount them (and with super hard glue... perhaps that step will ruin the tires ??) then put fresh glue on first..before I ride it. I was actually amazed that they have held air so well since I picked up the bike last Saturday. And as the subject line joked... they are holding FULL PRESSURE after a week !!

Thanks for any tips.

Rich Pinder
Van Nuys, CA