I wonder if these are the "new" del Mondos which are being made in Italy. I heard from a shop {Bulltek Sports} and then read in Cycling Plus that Clements are once again being made in Italy. Prices are not cheap. The hand-made Clement tubular cyclocross tires are rare and circa 50 pounds or so (ah, the weight of old tubulars...it probably led to their demise).
Jon Cowden Ithaca, New York
ps Had an interesting interaction with a lbs yesterday. I brought in a pair of high-flange Superbe Pro hubs, intending to have them built into some tubulars. The guy took one look at them and said to me that "I suppose that I could build a completely out of date wheel with those 'things.'"
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, KCTOMMY wrote:
> Just was looking over World Class Cycles page, and they list Clement Del
> Mundos at 28 mm and 330 grams, but at a hair raising $72 dollars per pop.
> Then there are questions about the quality of the non-italian clements.
> World Class also lists the Vittoria Special Paves at 27mm, 330 grams near
> $80. What to do, what to do?
>
> Tom Adams, Hoping to ride to day in KC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy H. Drinkwater <roydrink@mac.com>
> To: KCTOMMY <KCTOMMY@email.msn.com>
> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Date: Thursday, September 28, 2000 9:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Tubular Tires
>
>
> >on 9/28/00 8:57, KCTOMMY wrote:
> >
> >> I just got a set of High Flange hubs and I'm trying to decide what to do
> >> with them. I would like a set of tubulars (it's been years!) but I don't
> >> see suitable tires out there. This was recently a topic of discussion,
> but
> >> perhaps someone could recap. Does anyone sell a semi wide tubular, say
> 25
> >> to 27 mm? The only one I've found is the Vitorria Pave, but it's a
> hideous
> >> green. Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Tom Adams, too busy wrenching to ride in Kansas City
> >>
> >
> > I've been looking for wide tubulars and found this:
> >
> >http://www.cyclart.com/newpage11.html
> >
> >"Tubular tires: Hutchinson Primato Corsa 700x28 cotton, Clement Paris
> >Roubaix size, but lighter! 245gram French made 70s Italian style. #5306
> $45"
> >
> >Haven't seen or tried them, so give Jim Cunningham a call.
> >
> >Roy H. Drinkwater
> >Lititz, PA