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You make a lot of sense there - now that you point it out putting a lot of work into repairing a pretty standard, used, tyre isn't very logical.
The Wolber is a Champione De France SP1 in possibly 27" (it won't stretch onto a 28" Mavic Reflex, hence the damaged tread). You can see pics here. p.s. Any help in identifying the sizes of the unknowns on there much appreciated!
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The Wolber is a Champione De France SP1 in possibly 27" (it won't stretch onto a 28" Mavic Reflex, hence the damaged tread).
27" is what one used to call the size of standard tubulars. It is identical to 700c. There is absolutely no difference in size between tubular tyres marked 27", 28", 600 (one of my old Russian tubulars is labels 600x24) or 700c.
I realize it is confusing. 27" clinchers are, for example, ISO 639 and NOT the same size as 28" or 700c or ISO 622. With tubulars they are the same size!
Any modern tubular tyre will fit on any tubular rim-- even old wooden ones. The ONLY thing that might create problems with older rims-- especially alloy rims-- is the value bore. Some older rims had slightly smaller bores than some modern tyres may provide.
Wolber SP1 was a polyurethane belt-- simular in intended function to today's polyester breakers (the latest and greatest these days being vectran).
The tyre should mount quite nicely on a Mavic Reflex with the usual preperation (pre-stretching etc.) and effort-- I've found the Reflex, in fact, easier than some older Mavic rims like the Monthlery.
EdwardZ
Sounds a lot easier than it is. I've found basetape to horribly distort when pulled from an old tyre. It is enough of a challenge gluing a section of old basetape down on its own tyre. Removing it and transplanting it onto another tyre, I suspect, would be close to impossible. Can't see how one could get it flat and straight. Instead I'd try to find some a suitable new unsized raw cotton strip and use it. The main function of the basetape is to cover the stitches and protect the sidewalls from chafing against the rim. With something like a Conti Sprinter I'd not bother. It is neither rare nor expensive. Given that a brandnew one costs arond 30 EUROs the repair seems hardly "cost effective". Now repairing the NOS Wolber-- depending, of course, upon which model-- might make a lot more sense. Dugast used to put new treads on tyres-- when he started off he was using a lot of the old Wolber casings. Tyres like the FMBs are afterall reincarnations of the Wolber of old.