Zipp has an all black tubular tire that weighs about 240 grams each. VeloFlex also does an all black tire called the Carbon. It weighs 240grams and is 22mm wide. The ride is strikingly similar to a Clement Criterium Seta (all of you riding in the 70-early 80's may remember that). I have also used the Tufo gluing tape. They make 2 versions: One is regular and one is High Temp. The High Temp works much better under higher air temp/tire temp. The regular tape gets loose under higher temperatures.
Peter Koskinen Chapel Hill, NC
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of mmeison@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 7:53 AM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Re Tufo Tubulars
For a wider tire I've been using the Road Elite, a 23mm tire very nice ride, vaguely reminiscent of the old clement Paris-Roubaix. The only gripe I have is that it's an all black tire (no not the rugby team) and has that huge Tufo Logo. One minor warning about the gluing tape, it bonds really well, enough to pull the base tape off of a traditional tubular when removing it from the rim.
Deda has a line of tubulars that are the traditional black with gum sidewalls, I haven't used them but would love to hear from someone who has.
Marty (tubular) Eison
Dallas, Texas