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From: wsw@hlwpc.UUCP (Bill Weiss)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: re.Miyata bike and racing wheels
Message-ID: <410@hlwpc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 24-Oct-84 14:46:04 EDT
Article-I.D.: hlwpc.410
Posted: Wed Oct 24 14:46:04 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 25-Oct-84 04:01:00 EDT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Short Hills, NJ
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Sew-ups are a MUST for any competitive racing.  Be prepared to spend $18-35
for serious racing sew-ups.  Also be prepared to spend at least 1 hour or more
fixing a flat in a sew-up.
Bike Nashbar is probably the fastest-shipping and most reliable mail-order
house.  Prices are competitive, but not necessarily the lowest for any given
component.  Buy an issue of Bicycling magazine and check the ads.
Real question: does your Miyata already have a "racing" frame (e.g., butted
tubing, "steep" frame geometry)?  If not, you're wasting your money on sew-up
wheels and tires.  If you have a touring frame and standard 27x1 1/4" wheels,
a set of 27x1 or 700Cx13-18-mm wheels with lightweight clinchers and tubes
would make a real difference.
---Bill Weiss, AT&T Network Systems (hlwpc!wsw) Short Hills x4265