The sidewall or casing shouldn't make the tire slip.
I thought the "protector" or in America the strip composition is what
"tracts" on the pave for the adhesion.
Silk, Cotton, Nylon, etc. of the casing isn't what touches the road or am I
missing something?
Ted Ernst
Palos Verdes Estates
CA USA
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [CR] Nylon tubulars
> Earle- I'll second that. One of my still remembered riding "moments" was
> crossing a steel deck bridge (that I routinely crossed on my commute to
> work) on my fairly new Raleigh Nylon tubies ( 270gm ). There was a light
> rain in the morning and I had a rather elastic moment riding over the
> bridge. After 30+ years it still is in my mind. I didn't use them much
> longer.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "earle.young tds.net" <earle.young@tds.net>
> To: <verktyg@aol.com>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 9:24 PM
> Subject: [CR] Nylon tubulars
>
>
>> Nicely made, light, and absolutely deadly on wet roads. I went down twice
>> on
>> them, once on an inch-wide stream of water at the apex of a turn.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Earle Young
>> Madison, Wisc.
>> _______________________________________________
> Andrew R Stewart
> Rochester, NY