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Title: Michelin Whitewalls
Post by: KANG on January 13, 2013, 08:47 PM: Hi all, I've put up a wanted post for a pair of the above, a bit of a long shot I guess. Do they exist anymore, or is it a futile search?
Any help much appreciated :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Michelin Whitewalls
Post by: brummie on January 13, 2013, 08:50 PM: i have a set :)
Title: Re: Michelin Whitewalls
Post by: KANG on January 13, 2013, 09:10 PM: Would they be for sale at all? :)
Title: Re: Michelin Whitewalls
Post by: brummie on January 13, 2013, 09:13 PM: not at the moment mate sorry
i had them on my bike bitd
was just replying so you know that they do exist
Title: Re: Michelin Whitewalls
Post by: KANG on January 13, 2013, 09:40 PM: 8) no probs, thanks.
Don't blame you for hanging on to those mate :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Michelin Whitewalls
Post by: RichG41 on January 13, 2013, 10:01 PM: Hi I've got a set which came with my Curtis which I got back after 25 years!!

Unfortunately they had perished and weren't really useable although I have kept them, I replaced them with a set of Michelin white walls off eBay. Obviously these aren't the same but were as close as I could find.

Cheers

Rich
Title: Re: Michelin Whitewalls
Post by: GavinDavis on January 13, 2013, 10:57 PM: Are these the Michelin Diablo's by any chance? Theres a local bike shop by me thats got some.....or had some a couple of months back anyway :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Michelin Whitewalls
Post by: RichG41 on January 14, 2013, 12:26 AM: Yes, they're Diabolo's :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Michelin Whitewalls
Post by: griff on January 14, 2013, 12:34 AM: Here's what I found after typing Michelin Diablo into google...
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx'modelID=40993

Any good?
Title: Re: Michelin Whitewalls
Post by: GavinDavis on January 14, 2013, 07:38 AM: I think those are the ones I had a while ago, paid about £9 per tyre.....Surely theyre still making them?
Title: Re: Michelin Whitewalls
Post by: brummie on January 14, 2013, 07:58 AM: They ain't the ones I have gav
Mine are 80's
Same ish tread as panaracer freestyle

The diablos look good but they are a current tyre
Title: Re: Michelin Whitewalls
Post by: GavinDavis on January 14, 2013, 09:12 AM: Quote from: brummie on January 14, 2013, 07:58 AM
They ain't the ones I have gav
Mine are 80's
Same ish tread as panaracer freestyle

The diablos look good but they are a current tyre

Ah ok cool :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Michelin Whitewalls
Post by: RichG41 on January 14, 2013, 09:18 AM: As above, the Diabolo's are the "current" (pretty sure you can still get them).

The 80's one's looked like this

(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa424/RichG41/Michelin_zps214acb58.jpg)

(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa424/RichG41/SNC11335.jpg)

The Diabolo's look like this

(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa424/RichG41/SNC12542.jpg)
Title: Re: Michelin Whitewalls
Post by: KANG on January 14, 2013, 02:45 PM: 8) Thanks chaps, it's the 80's type I'm after. I'm putting my old bike back together and we always used to run these so it would be nice if I could find a pair.
I'd almost forgotten what they looked like :daumenhoch: