Originally Posted by
Wilfred Laurier
Totally relevant. The challenge for keeping C&V bikes running is finding parts. The challenge will always get greater for every unit of time that passes. It's like the BF-C&V version of Thermodynamics Second Law.
Your reference was to how new bikes are spec'ed which is irrelevant. There are scads of parts you'd never see on a new bike, but still readily available for C&V. New bikes haven't had thumbies for decades, yet they're still making new ones. Why should tires be any different? If anything, tires should be among the MOST likely things to be supported decades into the future, given that they're much more of a consumable than, say, a shifter.