Ted,
My impression of those tires was that they hand rather pinkish sidewalls that appeared to have been vulcanized as opposed to the honey colored latex sidewalls on the European cotton and silk tires. They also felt a little stiffer to the touch than the natural fiber tires.
Also the treads had an "oily" feel that seemed to be designed more for long life than traction. They appeared to be made of some vulcanized synthetic rubber and maybe that was the cause of poor wet traction.
We never had that much rain in New Mexico so wet traction was rarely a problem! ;-)
Chas. Colerich Oakland, CA USA
Ted Ernst wrote:
> 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
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew R Stewart"
>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.