Just as an aside.....this is coming from the same 'critic' who insisted on full new replacement cost for a leaky old tubular. Some people's perspectives can be shaded by apparent contrarian antisocial viewpoints. That and the desire to engage in agitant crusades. I have bought 6 of these tires and have had nary a problem with any. IN fact I bought some more today Perhaps the Challenge people sense the Koskonian traits and purposely seek to engage his brilliant and charming personality.
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On 10/23/09, accobra <accobra@peoplepc.com> wrote:
> 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.
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> Mark Winkelman
> Dallas, Texas USA
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Koskinen" <prkbikes1@mac.com>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 11:34 AM
> Subject: [CR] FYI: Challenge TUBULAR Tires
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>> 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
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>> 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.
>>
>> I'll get off my soap box now and send you back to your regularly
>> scheduled programming.....
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Peter
>> PETER REID KOSKINEN
>> Chapel Hill, NC, 27516
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