Veloflex tires can be found at lots of online places like biketires.com, schwabcycles.com and chicagolandbicycle.com (where I got them). Be careful though, the Paves (which I ordered first) arrived ALL black (a change from earlier models). They were $39.99. I had to order the more expensive CORSA model which were about $65.00 each to get the tan skinwall though I sure many places still have the skinwall PAVES for cost cutting. I read nothing but rave reviews on them prior to purchasing and agree.---Giacomo Paul Williams <castell5@sympatico.ca> wrote:James,
And the source and cost of these?
Cheers,
Paul Williams,
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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> Mi amici,
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> While searching for modern "retro looking" clinchers for my 1982 Ciocc
project (80's Woblers with Super Record hubs), I recently discovered
Veloflex tires. While some of you many again scrunch your noses, I wanted a
modern tire rather than NOS rubber that looked retro (dryrot knows no
season). Believe me, with all the colors these days, finding a skinwall and
black good tire is getting difficile. I happened upon handmade Veloflex
"Open Tubular" clinchers (Corsa model). For those of you who don't know,
Veloflex was started by the laid off Italian tyre artisans of Vittoria when
manufacturing was shifted overseas. Let me tell you, these tires are
handmade works of art and simply put--look like tubulars, feel like
tubulars, and ride like tubulars of yore. Favaloso!
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> Giacomo Bellora, Falls Church, VA
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