think they're worth it?

[520 Dan]

http://www.store.yahoo.com/cyclocrosswo ... 32new.html

They're light, but $100? You can get dugasts for that much.

[Racing Aardvark]

yeah, I wouldn't be dropping that kind of cash for them, and I like Tufo cross tubies.

[elmar schrauth]

i am testing them
ask next week again
elmar

[simon]

heule sais they have one hell of grip when it's dry. they're like 34 or 35 mm wide and f***ing light(310 grams, i think). heule's "world record complete front wheel" is 885 grams with those tubulars(zipp, tune, dt).

[OCCP]

I'm ride the last weekend an Race with the new Tufo-Flexus.
Guys....thats the best tubular tire on the market!
More grip like an Dugast ,and i found he rolls also better, and he is very light!

[elmar schrauth]

all top tufo are arund 310 graamm
880 gramm is not light ,if the supost weight of the frontwheel is 494gramms !!
where did he lost the weight?
my frontwheel with tufo 32mm tire,tune quick-realease is 886 gramm ?

in the listings there is no such light frontwheel with 20 spokes.
elmar

[simon]

heule's front wheel is out of tune hub, dt aerolite spokes, tune qr, zipp 280 rim(think the light one, not the cyclocross one) and this tufo tubular. 885 grams, world cup proofed.

[elmar schrauth]

i am just wondering where he lost the weight ?
his has to be 30 gramms lighter than mine
elmar

[simon]

because of the rim? i'm not 100% sure if it's the old rim or the cyclocross one. he has several sets with both rim types.

[pioneer]

I saw what was supposedly the first one in the US at the Crank Brothers race in October. It's really light, and the casing seems softer than other Tufos. I just wonder what the actual ride will be like. If the choice is $100 for Tufo and $100 for Dugast I'd still go Dugast for racing, at least on our courses in New England.
-JD