Re: [CR]Source for 26" tubulars ??

(Example: Bike Shops:R.E.W. Reynolds)

Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:21:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Source for 26" tubulars ??

I don't know of a source for 'vintage' 26" tubulars, but whenever I google search for 'panaracer rapide tubulars', i always end up hitting the wheelchair racing supply shops which have tubulars in a zillion, zillion sizes, e.g. :

http://www.sportaid.com/catalog/page32.shtml

http://www.eaglesportschairs.com/category.html;$sessionid$S4SWQTAAABAGLTZENUFJPQWPERWRJPX0?UCIDs=518528%7C649056

etc. etc. I wonder if these bicycle wheels were actually 'borrowed' from the wheelchair industry ??

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA, USA