[CR]WTB 24" TUBULAR TIRE(s) forJunior Racing Bicycle

(Example: Framebuilders)

Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 18:19:14 -0500
From: "Martin Walsh" <mowalsh@verizon.net>
To: "CR List" <ClassicRendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]WTB 24" TUBULAR TIRE(s) forJunior Racing Bicycle

Dear CR listees, According to Sheldon Brown's website there were six sizes of tubular tires.......but only the 700C and 650 are readily available at the present time. "The others: "24 inch", "22 inch" "20 inch" and "18 inch" tubulars are sizes formerly used for children's racing bikes, but pretty much extinct these days" (quoted from Sheldon's website with Harris Cyclery). I'm in search of a pair of ideally new, twenty-four inch tubular tires (sew-ups) for my nephew's 1970's era GITANE with alloy rims and 24" tubulars. The tires on his bicycle need to be updated! Is anyone sitting on a batch of these "extinct tires", or should I consider switching to 24" alloy clinchers for the Junior Racer Gitane that he is hoping to start riding more regularly,no that he is getting bigger. I picked the bicycle up in June,2006, for him, and the man (previous owner) said, "the tires are twenty years old".....the previous owner bought the bicycle "used",back in 1984 or so and his son rode it for a year and it sat in his basement ever since, after he finished rebuilding the bicycle back in 1984.I know the bicycle is originally from the early 1970's,probably 1972 or so. This GITANE Junior Racer was not used very much,the paint and foil decals were/are all in pretty good shape.I was surprised to find the alloy tubulars,on this bicycle.It is set up in many ways like a GITANE INTERCLUB. My nephew has done one triathlon on it and is hoping to start riding it with his father soon. I thought it would be a good idea to upgrade the tires if I could locate some NOS or IF anyone on the list IS currently selling these please contact me on or off the list .I would prefer to buy from someone in the USA. Thanks for listening! Yours truly, Martin Walsh in Vienna,Va.22181 in the old USA