Re: [CR]Vintage tires

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Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 11:15:18 -0400
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From: "Roy H. Drinkwater" <roydrink@ptd.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Vintage tires


Kevin wrote:
>Here is my question. The tires are sewups and labeled Vittoria Competizione.
> What is odd is that the tread is orange and the sidewalls are tan. The tread
>looks almost unridden as well but the dry rot forming on the
>sidewalls probably
>precludes riding them (although they do hold air).
>
>Does anyone know anything about these tires, particularly their age?
>I had never
>seen them before and assumed that the craze for colored tires was a
>fairly recent
>phenomenon.

Track tubulars? They were made with different compounds for many years.

Roy "got orange tires myself" Drinkwater Lititz, "when I start racing track" PA