I'm also curious about the Contro's sidewall protection for gravel.

I like them (Vittoria corsa control but at 261 miles can't say definitively on puncture resistance

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Can I use a 30 mm tire on a rim that measures 21.5 mm?

Of course. Many folks race with 33mm cyclocross tires on rims like that.

yes, you’ll be fine. It will look like this:

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Some new rubber for the Univega. Also whipped out the dremel with a wire wheel and polished up the eyelets/nipples. They were getting a little corroded.

I love these Challenge Elites, I think this is the 4th pair I bought but man they run small. A 23 is 22.47mm.

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I spent some money on tubulars this month. I just got the wheelset I ordered for my Wabi Special single speed from Pro Wheel Builder. Paul hubs, Kinlin TB 25 tubular rims, Sapim Laser spokes and blue Sapim nipples. Panaracer Race C Evo3's cost $70 a pair from Bike Recyclery.

If you order them then remind them in the comments that it's for a pair. I ordered two pairs and received two tires, they're sending the others out today. Never had Panaracers but they look to be a very good quality. They are pretty tight so I'll stretch them out for awhile.

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Do you think I’ll have enough room for the 30s with 34 to 35 mm of vertical clearance?

1. You number your spokes? That is extremely nerdy. :thumb:
2. Looks like too many threads showing - wrong length? Not done tensioning?
3. To check for clearance, put on another tubular that's 25mm and see if you have room for more - or borrow somebody's worn out old 30mm.

1. 36 laced 4X!
2. I wasn’t done tensioning. They are correct length.
3. I have no other tires currently. The ones that came on those wheels were 21 mm and were falling apart

Any chance you could measure the outside diameter of the mounted tire? Thanks!

sure.... monday evening probably

Got a couple of rides on the Panaracers and they're great, very high Japanese quality. Really smooth on my chipseal roads and even hit a little dirt. They do run a tad small, I measured them at 25.30 but from the side they look bigger. I think I'm going to buy a few more of them while they're still in stock.

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my vittoria corsa g+ is 28mm mounted, 30mm labeled.

What is the overall outside diameter of the tire when it’s mounted on the rim?

28mm wide, but that’s a rough measurement with a steel tape and a large adjustable wrench. I don’t have calipers but it’s within .5mm+/-.

Veloflex Sale
 

Veloflex is having a Good Friday sale (26-29 Nov Italian time), 15% off with this code: VXBLACKFRIDAY2021

https://www.veloflex.it/

Happy Thanksgiving all you plush ride aficionados!

Bike24.com has these fat, fat Schwalbe G-One HT Speed Evolution tubulars with a "basketball" tread in 30mm width for a great price:

https://www.bike24.com/p2196555.html

I bought 4 and immediately had to try them on my Velocity Major Tom rims and they are a match made in heaven. Unfortunately for me my wheels are 130mm rear hub, rim brake and all of my road bikes seem to run out of clearance with tire widths much wider (or taller) than 27mm.

Rant:

Vittoria replaceable valve stems suck!

I'm down to I think the last one of these, a file tread tire used for all around riding on the CX bike. It developed a slow leak, and I thought about adding some goop, but the valve core is not removable.

The leak got worse so I pulled the tire and found no puncture, just the stupid stem having come loose. This is not the first or even the third time I have seen this with various tires.

At least Vittoria finally abandoned the misguided idea, so possibly you have been blissfully unaware- if so, count yourself lucky.

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woodcraft Which model of Vittoria tire are you referring to? Do you mean valve core or the entire stem? Rallys used to have nonremovable valve cores, but recent production has removable cores.

Another sale... Excel Sports has Vittoria Corsa G+ 23mm tubulars (black or tan sidewalk) for $29.88, regularly $134.

https://www.excelsports.com/vittoria...ular-road-tire

Hat tip to Bob Freeman on CR.

In this case it is "Cross EVO XN" but it was on various tires.

The silver & black are valve stem extensions, & the red are the hated stems, in different lengths.


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Thanks for the heads up 🙂! I ordered a pair.

I got the last tan one. One black left. What a price! Nice compact lightweight spare:thumb:

Me too!

I went ahead and pulled the trigger for a pair of Veloflex ProTour 28s on Monday (Nov 28). Shipping was free from Italy. DHL informed me earlier today that they will be delivered today. I'm kind of stunned at the free, fast shipping, especially given the already discounted sale price for the tires. Usually, when I contemplate buying something from Europe I have to factor in a steep shipping cost and expect it to take forever to get through customs. I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth here, just pleasantly surprised at this turn of events.

what website from Italy?

looks like the famous yellow jersey 3 for 50 is now 3 for 60

veloflex.it

The tires were shipped from Bergamo.

Merlincycles dot com is just about out of all the older ‘named’ Veloflex models.