Re: [CR] 650B Tubes?

(Example: Production Builders:Pogliaghi)

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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:09:00 -0800
To: Stronglight49@aol.com
From: "Jan Heine" <heine94@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] 650B Tubes?
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

>These are still available in Europe:
>
>Michelin "Airstop " ... size: "B-3" (650B x 28-42 mm)
>Butyl tires, Presta valves.
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>Perhaps they are not imported to the US?
>
>
>BOB HANSON, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, USA

The Confrerie des 650 had problems with the Michelin tubes, and recommend Schwalbe. So we decided to carry those. However, I have had good luck with Michelin's 700C tubes. In today's globalized economy, that may not mean much - the different tubes may come from totally different factories.

Jan Heine
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