Peter, thanks for providing your first-hand experience with these. I think we've found the reason why the price was slashed to below wholesale.
Mark Winkelman
Dallas, Texas USA
> For all of you out there that are always seeking the perfect match
> tubular tire for your vintage bike. Excel Sports IS pushing all of the
> Criteriums out the door for $38.88 each or so. This price is $20 less
> than wholesale. Now before you all go rushing out and ordering these I
> think that there are a couple of things that you should know about them.
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> First of all, In the last 2 years, I have bought almost 100 of these
> tires in a variety of models. When they would come in I had to do the
> following steps to insure that everyone was salable to the public.
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> 1) Remove all from the packaging and put 100PSI in each to see if they
> held air. I would set them aside for a 24 hour period. All the ones that
> went flat were set aside.
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> 2) Mount each tire on a wheelset, pump to 100PSI , spin wheel and check
> for deformities in the tire. Most of them would either have a bubble in
> the tread or the casing was twisted. Deflate and set defective tires
> aside with the first collection.
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> 3) Return defective tires to distributor/manufacturer for replacement.
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> 4) Start at step 1 when the replacement tires showed up via FEDEX. Return
> up to 50% of these...
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> Don't be misled by the words "GREAT DEAL" because in the end the good
> feeling of a great deal will be soured by reality of a tire that doesn't
> hold air or isn't round.
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> I'll get off my soap box now and send you back to your regularly
> scheduled programming.....
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> Cheers,
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> Peter
> PETER REID KOSKINEN
> Chapel Hill, NC, 27516
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