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Has anybody got any experience of NOS tyres like these?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Two-Vittoria-Tecno-Lite-bicycle-tyres-700x20-NOS/253497621692?hash=item3b05a2bcbc:g:Q9UAAOSwtc1arPmw

They would look dope but are they likely to be mega fragile? Does rubber degrade in a box over the years.

I could get a 20mm GP 4000 Conti for the rear or try and squeeze a 23mm Veloflex Master in but it's an expensive experiment if it doesn't fit.

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Lolo in reply to @%~}

Rubber harden over time, so you might actually get better puncture protection. You might lose grip though (see Paul Walker's fatal crash).
Discovery used to ride on 5-year-old tubs though, and that guy Lance did OK.
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MCamb in reply to @%~}

Guess it’d depend on how they were stored more than anything else?

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