Our primary road clothing supplier Giordana is part of the Gita Sporting Goods group. In addition to clothing they also import four bike brands (incl Pinarello & Merckx) & several couple other brands including Gommitalia tires.
We’ve not tried these yet & as you know we like to see & use it ourselves before bringing it to the shop en mass. We’ll be putting a pair of Targa K clinchers on some Mavic Kysriums for everyone to try out. These are handmade in Italy (technique of inflating the casing then hand gluing the tread onto the casing), and features a 22 mm cross section open tubular design (looks like a clincher but uses the construction method of high-end tubulars). The Polyester/Cotton/Kevlar® casing has a high density thread count of 250 TPI which is an honest one axis count. The high thread count creates a stronger, lighter, more flexible tire that in turn means more dollars to be spent, ah but what price perfection.

Oh, don’t worry for all you folks that don’t ride retro Italian bikes, they come in a all black finish. They have a claimed weight of 195g & will retail for a bit south of $100. Should also be seeing some really nice training tires too for around $50.
As an aside Torelli.com has a nice simple piece on tires. Can be found here: http://www.torelli.com/tech/tires.shtml
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