Dedaelementi, better known to most of us as Deda, has decided to produce tubular tires (as per cyclingnews.com): "..........Dedaelementi saw a need for a new line of high end tires so the company decided to create a line of rubber for discerning consumers. The tubulars are the handmade Olimpico, a 260g, 22mm tyre with diamond tread pattern and 300tpi fabric, the lightest and most flexible ever used for cycling tyre production according to Deda. The Mondiale is a more robust 23mm 290 gram all black, while DedaTRE's 'open tubular' (clincher) version of Olimpico is called Giro d'Italia and weighs 190 grams. The Milano-Sanremo is a high-tech 300tpi of a classic Criterium style tyre at 200 grams, while DedaTRE's slick model, Giro di Lombardia, is a 23mm, 270 gram, all black model. DedaTRE also offers a tire for tubeless wheels appropriately called Senza (without), a 205 gram tyre that doesn't use a regular tube."
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Angel Garcia
Long Valley, NJ