I got surprised with a new set of Challenge Parigi-Roubaix clinchers. I have this tire in gumwall tubies, and have it blackwall clincher. When I bought a set of brown/black clinchers, expected them to be gumwalls, but no - they are heavy polymerized rubber just like the tread, but obviously without the carbon black. Tough sidewalls.
<http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/700c/319dcd6f-3983-4741-be02-9f6009d6d94b.jpg> On Friday, January 17, 2014 3:59:56 PM UTC-6, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On 01/17/2014 04:38 PM, Evan Baird wrote: > > At that time only low end tires would have been black wall, not the > > kind of "serious enthusiast" tires Panasonic, Mitsuboshi, Specialized > > and WTB were making in Japan. High end clincher tires were meant to > > look like sew ups, because that's what you saw on pro bikes. It stated > > with MTB tires and then became trendy with road bikes as well. > > They still look like low-end tires to me. One more example of how MTB > has contaminated our aesthetic sense... > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
