I cant comment on Contis, since I have always been a Vitorria fan. We used to run Cxs on front with CG on the back. After 20 years in the garage, I must say they work great except for a slow leak in the rear tire. Long live tubular tires!
Now, anyone know where I can get some Clement Camp. Del Mundos?
Keith Kessel Shreveport, La. USA
On Tue, June 2, 2009 10:26 pm, Steve Whitting wrote:
> Early last May, after 17 years in storage, I aired up the Continential
> Sprinters (sew-ups) on my early 1980s vintage Ciocc "Mod San Cristobal"
> and discovered to my delight that they still held air. Since then I've
> been riding my rollers about twice a week and taking my Ciocc on short
> round-the-subdivision road trips. I soon noticed a brown powdery residue
> apparently radiating from beneath my Mavic GP-4s. As time passed, the
> residue became more prominent. Within the past week, I've noticed signs
> of bulging and casing failure.
> I'm not suprised to see this sort of thing happen after 17 years and I've
> already decided to replace the tires. I'm just curious about the actual
> cause/nature of my tires' mysterious malady. Any ideas?
> Thanks,
>
>
> Steve Whitting
> Prairieville, Louisiana USA
> http://ciocc-cat.angelfire.com/