Myself, I'd ride them if they hold air and seem stuck to the rims. Of course i just retired (heh) a set of antediluvian Conti GPs that said "Made in WEST Germany" on the lacy remains of their sidewalls.
But that's just me.
Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA USA
On 3/23/07, Rich Pinder <rpinder@usc.edu> wrote:
>
> I'm talking (of course) about an aged set of unused Tubular tires that
> are firmly glued to the rims on my recently acquired 1971 Windsor Pro.
> ( http://www-hsc.usc.edu/
>
> With this recent discussion on Tubulars, and my urgent need to FINALLY
> jump into the scary world of Tubulars.... I was wondering if these old
> tires are still usable ?? I think I need to unmount them (and with
> super hard glue... perhaps that step will ruin the tires ??) then put
> fresh glue on first..before I ride it. I was actually amazed that they
> have held air so well since I picked up the bike last Saturday. And as
> the subject line joked... they are holding FULL PRESSURE after a week !!