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When the Lepore-Savages spent some time on Italy's Amalfi Coast, they drank Greco di Tufo, the aromatic white wine from Campania.
Drinking With: Nanette Lepore Lettie Teague 2011
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There are plenty of Italian white wines with a bitter and often slightly nutty or spicy note as well, including Falanghina and Greco di Tufo, both grapes grown in Campania; Verdicchio, from the Marche region; and Vermentino, a sprightly white grown all over the coastal regions of Italy.
The World's Best Food Wines Lettie Teague 2011
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Tufo in particular plays to this mentality by putting a label on their sidewall that reads 120-220 psi.
Ask Nick: Tire pressure, the mechanic as caddy, light bikes and amateur equipment 2010
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My question is in regards to the wonderful Tufo sealant please let me know if your experiences have shown better products and whether or not I can pre-install the sealant in my spare tyre?
Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Chain suck, wide range and when to seal 2010
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And other than using Tufo sealant in Tufos and using evaporated milk in tubulars with slow leaks back in the day late 1970s and early 1980s, I have never tried anything else as a sealant in a tubular.
Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Corrosive sealant, springs in series and valve stem ticking 2010
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You can run the tubular at lower pressure, since the fear of pinch flatting is already lower for a tubular (no sharp rim edges), and it is non-existent for a Tufo, since it has no tube to pinch.
Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: More cyclocross tech questions, answered 2010
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Before throwing that Tufo which has no inner tube or other tires in the garbage because the hole is too large for sealant to close, try a needle and thread and some glue.
Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: More thoughts on sealants, tires and rims 2010
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For backup wheels (and for rocky courses, which we have a few of here in Georgia) I was considering the Fango clincher, or one of lower end Tufo Primus (not the Flexus version).
Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: More cyclocross tech questions, answered 2010
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On extenders … if the original tubular valve stem is the type with a removable core as in Tufo remove it and use an extender that then moves the valve at the end of the assembly so it functions as normal.
Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: More thoughts on sealants, tires and rims 2010
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After that, I got out of that business and went into stealing Tufo tubular valve cores, which is a more profitable and less risky line of work, though it isn't nearly as glamorous.
The Pinch Test: Indignities of Spring BikeSnobNYC 2009
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