I keep hearing snippets of the Dunlop tire controversy- Can you enlighten those of us unfamiliar with the history?
Thanks, Rick Olson Rhododendron, OR
>From: "P.C. Kohler" <kohl57@starpower.net>
>To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: Re: [CR]1973 Raleigh-Dunlop Tour of Ireland
>Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:31:25 -0500
>
>Great, great stuff, Rick... many thanks.
>
>And we Raleigh fans will enjoy the footage of the Raleigh Team in its very
>early days riding Worksop-built Team Pros in the familiar team colours but
>with yellow peak heads AND the old Carlton-liveried jerseys but with
>Raleigh instead of Carlton.
>
>I suspect this was the last Raleigh-Dunlop sponsored anything.. by the end
>of the year they weren't even talking to each other after the great tyre
>stand-off.
>
>Peter Kohler
>Washington DC USA _______________________________________________