I've held Utmosts in my hands, measured them, and ridden on them (brief test ride). I seem to remember they were 27mm wide, and some super-duper construction like total kevlar casing or some such. Very high quality construction, very nice and classic looking. I built a racing tandem (for a guy who wasn't going to race it, but just wanted the "utmost" racing tandem). He happened to be the local Vittoria sales rep so of course he supplied the tires. This was probably around '90 or a little later.
Mark Bulgier Seattle, Wa USA
Jonathan Cowden writes:
>
> OK, all this talk about tubulars prompted me to dig around
> the dustbin that is the harddrive on my computer for the
> following missive from GP of Rivendell. I know that this
> tire has existed in the past b/c I've seen a pair listed
> on ebay. Are there any Vittoria dealers on the cr list
> who are willing to check this out?
>
> Jon
>
> jon cowden
> ithaca, ny
>
> From: Grant Petersen <gp@rivendellbicycles.com>
>
> VITTORIA has a fungible tire. Not listed in their brochure,
> but I asked about it in Taipei (they were at the show),
> and they said, "Sure, we still have it, but nobody cares,
> so we don't list it." It's called the UTMOST. Now
> you have a lead.........see what you can do with it!
> Grant