On 3/21/07 6:17 AM, "jeffrey piwonka" <jmpiwonka@yahoo.com> wrote:
> my continental that doesn't want to fit is 74"
> circumference measured around the inside of the tire.
> i found this site.
> http://www.bikecult.com/
>
> and going by the 20-630 the circumference should be
> about 1978mm which i think is 77"
>
> no way that tire will stretch 3", right?!?!
> i put some vittoria rally tubulars on my other bike
> and had not too much trouble getting them on. i
> compared this continental to another vittoria that
> hasn't been on a rim in a few months. there looks to
> be about a 3" difference in circumference between the
> two.
Contis are notoriously tight, both in clincher and tubie versions.
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