Hi List
I remember this as quite the?reverse - TI were forcing Raleigh to lower the price of their tyres to rock bottom, and somewhere I read a Dunlop executive quoted as saying that he "would?rather close down than deal with TI ever again!"
Geoff Margetts, Dreieich, Germany.
* But essential Dunlop had always supplied Raleigh with tyres (and lightweight rims) for ages. Indeed, I think they were Raleigh's major outside supplier, remembering when Raleigh could and did make practically everything under one roof. Smack dab in the middle of the Bike Boom, Dunlop got greedy and thinking they had Raleigh over a barrel, dramatically raised their prices when demand was at an all-time high. But the folks at TI seldom blinked and? in one fell swoop, cancelled their contract with Raleigh and outsourced their tyres to anyone or anyone.?