Re: [CR]Sew up minority,Schwinn New World/"singles"

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From: "ternst" <ternst1@cox.net>
To: "ternst" <ternst1@cox.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Sew up minority,Schwinn New World/"singles"
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:12:14 -0800
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The DUNLOP tire guage and one Wolber patch kit have been sold, Thanks. Ted Ernst Palos Verdes Estates, CA


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From: ternst
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Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]Sew up minority,Schwinn New World/"singles"



> It's been good seeing all the input re: the various tires. Putting it all
> together gives one a fairly good knowledge base.
> Brooks: The orange type tires you referred to were probably the red strip
> Clements, seta and seta extras. they were fast because they looked fast
> and that's why the fast guys had them.
> Seth: Your memory is good, the old stonecrusher tires came I think in 1';
> 1-1/8"(most common); and 1-1/4. Production stopped at start of WW2 and
> never resumed after. Guys used 'em up during the war, as no sewups were
> being made.
> The old prewar six-day tires were Pye or Mitten, I think the spelling is
> correct, Pye being the most popular. Even the European tires were not as
> good, and harder to come by.
> After the war, Conti was the best with Clement and Pirelli next.
> I started racing in 1947, using sewups, and have never used anything else.
> Still like the handling and ride.
> A few sale items:
>
> For unsewn sewups: Wolber Kit looks like a field medical kit. Neat little
> vinyl pouch, 4 x 8 cm. Includes: gel sealer tube, tube roll up key,(like
> on fish tin), puncture needle, valve adapter, and injection needle. NOS,
> clean and fresh, great to display. Pouch is white with following printing:
> necessaire reparation; WOLBER in red (tire) circle; boyaux 'liberty';
> procede brevete. $8 shipped, in continental USA or Canada. Six available.
> Gel still pliable but at 20 years old don't know if it would still work.
> Made for the Liberty tubeless type "sewup".
>
> One pair: DUNLOP NOS / NIB rubber tapered cycle rim tapes(strips), for
> Endrick rims, 1/2" wide. Stored in dark, in plastic bags, these feel like
> they were made yesterday, and date from late '60's. The old Dunlop box,
> yellow, red, and black.One box is a 9, the other 7/8. Great display case
> items. $22 shipped in continental USA or Canada.
>
> One: DUNLOP chrome NOS hi-pressure pencil type presta tire gauge with
> pocket holder pen type clip. 3-1/2 " long. 50 to 140 lbs.Imprinted:
> DUNLOP, H.P. Cycle Tyre Gauge, No. 17, and then the patent nos., then Made
> in England. Probably '70's vintage. A nifty collector's piece. $18 shipped
> in continental USA or Canada.
>
> One: similar piece, almost identical, no manufacturer, imprinted: Cycle
> Guage, Made in England. $13 shipped in continental USA or Canada.
>
> One pair: English lightly used very clean cloth rim strips with the metal
> clip A gentle blast out of the past. Endrick rim use, 1/2" wide. I've had
> these for about 20 years and it's time to let someone else enjoy or use
> them. $5 shipped in the continental USA or Canada.
>
> Ted Ernst
> 4140 Via Nivel
> Palos Verdes Estates
> CA 90274
> 310-791-5521
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brook Watts" <brook.watts@comcast.net>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 11:05 AM
> Subject: Fwd: [CR]Schwinn New World/"singles"
>
>
>> Seth wrote:
>> These skinny single tubes also came in a natty red color,so Vivid is
>> nothing new.
>>
>> I often wonder:
>> Whatever happened to the orange tubulars of my youth? I never had a pair
>> but it seems the fast guys always did.
>>
>> Brook Watts
>> Longmont Colo