At 4:34 PM -0700 3/29/10, John wrote:
>List,
> Hold on to your hats....ALL but one of their tubulars are gum
>sidewall "for a more old fashioned look".
>
>http://www.veloflex.it/products/tubulars.asp#Roubaix
>
If you want "old-fashioned" clinchers, there are more choices than there have been in a long time. You have Grand Bois with classic tread patterns and tan sidewalls in 25, 29 and 31 mm widths, plus a number of 650B offerings.
Challenge offers the Triathlon in 24.5 mm and the Parigi-Roubaix in 29 mm. Panaracer's Paselas aren't quite the classic look, but at least are inoffensive. There are a few others as well...
Disclosure: Vintage Bicycle Press distributes Grand Bois tires and sells Challenge tires.
Jan Heine
Editor
Bicycle Quarterly
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Seattle WA 98121
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