Re: [CR] Servizio Corse Tubulars

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Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:09:00 -0400
From: Marcus Coles <marcoles@ody.ca>
To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Servizio Corse Tubulars


Ken Freeman wrote:
> As I understand it, the old Barum company became Tufo. I recall Barum on
> the US market in the early '70s or at least in my ancient history.
>
> Ken Freeman
> Ann Arbor, MI USA
>
> If I remember correctly Barum and at some point along the timeline became part of Continental, not sure how Tufo fits in. Barum was still a separate company in the early to mid-70's I had their tires on a bicycle, an offroad motorcycle and I remember winning a set of their rally car tires.

Semperit (Austrian?) who made both car and bicycle tires was also swallowed up by Continental.

Marcus Coles
London, Ontario, Canada