Barrie, I think a bunch of us use tubulars.
On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 3:35 PM, barrie carter <barriemgracer@yahoo.co.uk>wrote:
> Hi Folks, nice to see someone uses tubs like me. Ive some Wolber X tubs
> about 28mm x3 actually, Ive 7 but iuse them. They are about 10 years old but
> nicely weathered and new also perfect $29 each plus post . Any good?
> Barrie Carter Tubsville, Roundham UK
> --- On Sun, 14/3/10, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
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> From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [CR] Looking for inexpensive classic wide tubulars
> To: "Robert Goughary" <goughary@yahoo.com>, "Fred Blasdel" <
> blasdelf@gmail.com>
> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Sunday, 14 March, 2010, 19:14
>
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> Tufo make a cyclocross tire with a diamond tread in 28mm ans in 30 mm,
> designated D28 and D30. The tread is not very aggressive for a cross tire,
> and I've used them quite happily on road bikes.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
>
> --- On Tue, 3/9/10, Fred Blasdel <blasdelf@gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Fred Blasdel <blasdelf@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [CR] Looking for inexpensive classic wide tubulars
> To: "Robert Goughary" <goughary@yahoo.com>
> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 4:55 PM
>
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> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Robert Goughary <goughary@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all - I've been looking around the web for an inexpensive, wide set of
> tubulars for my Wilier project - 700 x 25 or 28 - no way to spend 200 per
> on dugast tires - I'd even take an old set with decent rubber and fix them
> myself if anyone had them around.
>
> I was recently looking for the same thing -- my ALAN came with a set
> of 18mm Wolber time trial tubulars, especially ridiculous on its
> super-wide 22mm Mavic rims!
>
> The best I could find was the Challenge "Parigi-Roubaix", labeled
> 27mm, but really several mm wider. At the cheapest they're $77 each
> (with a 24mm "Strada" for $10 less):
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> http://www.ebikestop.com/
>
> I did some research, they apparently have an even better feel than the
> clincher version that Jan Heine raves about, but are less durable.
>
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> > Any suggestions? Otherwise, I'll give in and use the Servizio Corse tires
> at Yellow Jersey, but they will look a little narrow for the bike I think.
>
> That's what I ended up buying -- 3 for $50 was too good to pass up,
> and they're pretty good tires. Way better than the crappy 'training'
> tubulars I've ridden that cost as much or more.
>
> The only better ones I've ridden were old Soviet 30mm silk cyclocross
> tubulars. I like my Gran Bois 584x42 Hetre clinchers a lot too, but
> they're a different animal.
>
> At some point I'll probably buy a pair of the Challenge tubulars,
> though I could see thinking that if I'm already paying 4x what I
> normally pay for tires, I might as well go up to 8x and make them silk
> :)
>
> -- Fred Blasdel in Seattle, WA
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