>These are still available in Europe:
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>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?
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>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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