FWIW I just received 4 of the Servizio Corse tubulars from Yellow Jersey for a total of $78.67. I’m happy with them out of the box. They won’t be ridden more than a couple hundred miles a year. Here they are mounted, but not glued.


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your bike space is way to nicely organized :)

^ I clean up a bit when people are coming over...or when I'm sharing pics on BikeForums. :)

Panaracer Race A Evo2 23mm, for $24.99 at Bike Recyclery

You talking about that red stuff with which you had to tear off the tire and re-glue every season. That's OK if you have a mechanic. I say good riddance to that stuff. Vittoria Mastic was a god-send. In years of racing, the only time I've ever had to remount a tire, is when it's worn out or flat. And getting em off, even after several years is almost impossible. Although, I do check em before a criterium or road race with technical downhills.

The Race C Evo3 (26mm) is also on sale, $69.99 per pair. Their site says MSRP is $140/pair. I grabbed a pair to try out.

Thanks for the link. The Race A tubulars look nice also.

Asking for you to help me watch Specialized.com
 

Hey folks -
Please help me watch the Spesh website for any coming sales they have on their top tubulars.
Looking at Allrounder 24mm for the vintage DeRosa, where I prefer a black sidewall.
Hell o th North = maybe, if the reduced price is attractive, but I got a bunch of VeloFlex 27s.
edit= cyclocross now reduced, 33mm with a couple of knobby patterns.
After running these, it made me a believer.
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If you want a fast light tire - Vittoria Corsa Speed G2.0 Tubular Road Tire Twin Pack | ProBikeKit.com
Little heavier and maybe fast enough - Vittoria Corsa G2.0 Tubular Road Tire Twin Pack | ProBikeKit.com

Almost always better prices @ www.merlincycles.com

BBBBBBBut they don't have the Corsa 2.0 in 23 with tan sidewalls!

Patience is one's friend in the tubular tire purchasing cycle of financial affordability.

Hence my help request on the Spesh tubular.
I'm running many brands and the narrower Spesh (24mm) was one of the best, worthy of another purchase years later.

Watch eBay. From time to time I come across really good deals. Like Specialized Hell of the North tubulars and/or clinchers for about half price. Also picked up four new Veloflex Vlaanderen for about $30 a tire. Some people try these and decide they don't like them. Or their priorities change.

DiabloScott Pave..... back???? https://www.merlincycles.com/vittori...00c-92388.html

Wow, thanks, and that's a good price. Weird that they show 27mm in the "details" (the only size I've ever seen) but 30mm in the options screen.
I've got a gift card coming next week - hopefully these'll still be there.

I was afraid I might have to learn to like brown walls and linear tread.

Vittoria's site doesn't show them. Maybe someone found a misplaced container?

My tires are glued and mounted on the '79 Trek 930. Tomorrow I find out what the tubular ride is all about.

5-10% less psi is what it's about. (Plus the Cool factor)

Pics of Yucatan Peninsula - or it didn't happen.

5-10% less than the recommended 110 psi? It would certainly make a difference on the chipseal.

WAY lower than that.

Really. How low?
I did not know this. I knew it about clinchers.

what width of tire? how heavy are you? how heavily do you ride (do you break components)? how hard do you corner?

myself as an example:
I ride 28s. I run about 70psi, but I can drop it down to 65psi. I'm a lightweight rider at only 140lbs. I raised the pressure just a touch because my steering went vague on a hard corner.

22mm tires. I weigh 172. I ride like an old man on flat, dry, mostly chipseal roads. I don't corner. The only hills I ride are the very occasional overpass.

With tubulars, 90-95psi. Why did you decide on narrow tires? 25s or 28s would help immensely.

Yeah, narrow tires on lightweight rims were a racer thing from the 80's and before; that's why Brits call them "sprints". The magical ride quality we talk about in this thread comes from lower pressure and more volume.

I bought them from Yellow Jersey. Cheap. I didn't want to go all in in case I didn't like it. My spare is a Challenge Elite and is wider. My thought was to start out conservative and proceed into better tires after learning the ropes some.
Now I know what to look for down the road.

Tubulars is something I never thought I would do. Touring either. In the last couple years I've done both, because why not? I never thought I would do Campagnolo, but have Record hubs on these wheels. And Campy pedals. Considering going full Campy on one bike. Time passes and things change. We live and we learn.

What are some modern tubular rims? Mine are Mavic Monthlery. The easiest wheels I've ever built.