Originally Posted by
Dave Mayer
No what? I've ridden tubulars for 40 years. I rode on them today and have every day for the last month.
If you send out 99% of the cycling public on a bike with 30 year old tubulars, they'll be pavement surfing within the week. It is only a matter of how bad the outcome.
The rim glue has dried out. This will be obvious to anyone with even a passing knowledge of these wheels. But worse, so has the glue bonding the base tape to the tire casing. So even if you reglue the current tires, the base tape will peel off of the tire on the first hard bumpy corner.
Bikes are sold as is, where is. You have an ethical obligation to explain any info you are aware of to a potential buyer. You have no obligation (and it would be mind numbingly silly) to replace the original wheels barring a buyer who can live up to your lengthy list of bona fides.