In a message dated 1/4/03 5:00:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, GPVB1@cs.com
writes:
> Subj: [CR]Re: Barum tubies from Czechoslvakia
> Date: 1/4/03 5:00:18 PM Eastern Standard Time
> From: <A HREF="mailto:GPVB1@cs.com">GPVB1@cs.com</A>
> To: <A HREF="mailto:classicrendezvous@bikelist.org">classicrendezvous@bikelist.org</A>
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> Jan, I think you may possibly have received some cheapo or improperly
> stored
> Barums, or I just had some really good luck back then perhaps.
>
> I rode them quite a bit during the '70s in college on my everyday bike
> (which
> was also my only bike... this was before I built up the $7.50 thrift-store
> commuter....), and found them to be reasonably durable and dirt cheap (I
> seem
> to remember something like $8 each for a 260-gram cotton racing tire at the
>
> Zucchini Bike Shop in Beloit, Wisconsin). The only other thing I remember
> about them is that they were a really tight fit and difficult to get
> mounted
> when brand new unless you pre-stretched them for a few days first.
>
> Anyone have any NOS Barum Kriterium PBWs for sale?
>
> Greg "one-quarter Czech" Parker
> Ann Arbor, MI USA
>
Ba-Rooms were our tub of choice and when available, still are Most of mine were imported from my friend Montgomery (Monty) Young of Condor Cycles, Gray's Inn Road, london. We had one that was considered a 'garden hose', and the more popular PBW , after the 'Peace Race' from Prague, Berlin, Warsaw. I liked them but when I needed every advantage (which was every ride) I used the 210 G-2. The G-10 was a stronger version.
I have dozen or so unglued Barums,but like everything else, don't know exactly where.
I just bought our second batch of Tufos and so far reception has been good.
I'm putting a set of 125g's on a 5.75 kg project ride for the hills.
Happy Trails
Larry Black
Mt Airy, Md.