John wrote:
"Even back in the day Czech-made Barum tubulars were very highly regarded. Whatever happened to Barum? Is there any connection with Tufo, I wonder?"
That is a new one to me. The only reason that anybody in my neighborhood used Barums was because they were a good value for the money, but nobody ever said they were "good". They were often half the price of any other tubular that could be purchased, so value for money was actually great, especially as a training tubular. Another way to save money with a Barum, was with glue. The tires were in fact so tight, when you were able to get the tires on the rim, you could almost do without glue.
Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ