PBW Criteriums, that brings back the memories. I never saw any in 650c, but I never saw any rims or wheels in 650c back then either. Back then was college in the early '70s. There was a bike co-op on campus and the PBW's where what they sold for tubies. PBW = Prague/Berlin/Warsaw the Peace Race.
These tires were very nice cotton tubies. The first tires I ever saw (by years) with a contrasting color stripe available on the edges of the tread. Red or blue were available according to my aging imagination. The tires were very round, and didn't want to roll off center on the rim. So they were easy to mount. They wore well (at least on southern Wisconsin roads), and had a great ride. And the price wasn't too bad (I want to say something like $15 each). They seemed to out-perform anything at twice the price from the big names in Tubulars.
Rick Guggemos Northbrook Illinois
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:03:04 GMT From: "tom.ward@juno.com" <tom.ward@juno.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]FS: Barum tubulars, CLB cantilevers, Bluemels, long-cage ders. Message-ID: <20070320.110348.19739.2531219@webmail40.lax.untd.com> Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: list Message: 12
1.) one pair unused ("NOS") tubulars, BARUM -brand, size 650C, made in C
zechoslovakia circa ??--some time ago--'70s or earliest '80s(?)--they lo
ok like the logos were designed in Sixties or likely even before, timele
ss appearance suitable for a thorough restoration. Very good / excellent
usable condition (currently inflated and holding air for days), almost
as-new except a few marks (or mostly just slight "darkenings" of the rub
ber) on the gum-coloured sidewalls, from storage--or just light age spot
s. Overall effect is of quite new looking tires, despite age. Pristine l
ight diamond tread, ridged centre-section, size 650C, marked "Barum 27 x
1 Kriterium P-B-W". $85 shipped in the U.S. (will ship anywhere; let me
know). Does anyone know what "P-B-W" might mean or refer to? Paris-Bres
t-----Wales? Peanut-Butter--uhh.... "People-Better-Worry"? Perhaps somet
hing to do with Pressure.