
Specialized Turbo Cotton Hell of the North
Price: £65 / $69
Weight: 280g - 28mm
Widths: 28mm
Hookless compatible: No
Tubeless compatible: No
When I was in my early teens, an old track rider lent me a pair of wheels to race on for a track meeting. He’d had them for years and plenty of big races had been ridden on them. They had Airlite hubs and silk tubular tyres. I can’t remember much about the ride, but the tyres felt and looked very special with their tan-yellow sidewalls and fine tread, and that stuck with me.