Nomu Lab Diary

A Scream Like Silk Tearing

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Challenge Criterium tubulars

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Two Seta Extras—
I found them while moving.
Seta is Italian for silk, which means
the tire's side casing uses silk
instead of cotton.

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Made in Thailand, dated September 20, 2010.
The list price back then was ¥16,600 per tire,
but when the standard Criterium was going for ¥8,500,
the current equivalent model—Criterium RS—runs ¥14,300.
If these still existed today,
I'd estimate they'd be worth over ¥30,000 each.

I ended up selling them privately to a customer
who regularly uses tubular tires, but

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A scratch from a utility knife wouldn't just be a scream—
it'd be total disaster.
So I made sure to include
a warning note in the box.

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