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Tom Wieckowski

Specialized Turbo Cotton Hell of the North review: Tyres designed for the cobbled classics

A Specialized Turbo Cotton Hell of the North tyre .

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.

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