Barum tires

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Permalink Reply by Mackenzie Carson on January 18, 2011 at 9:01pm

Barum is a company that had to change their name to Rubena after Continental purchased the brandname Barum.

The site for the company can be found here: http://www.rubena.co.hu/english/index.html

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Permalink Reply by Dan Werle on January 19, 2011 at 7:22pm

Hi Mackenzie, Thanks for the update. Have you ever seen or used Barum 'cross tires?

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Permalink Reply by Mackenzie Carson on January 19, 2011 at 9:48pm

I can't say I have Dan, or heard of anyone using them in 'cross. Why the interest in such an obscure brand?

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Permalink Reply by Dan Werle on January 20, 2011 at 9:28pm

Hi Mackenzie, I'm writing an article on the history of cyclo-cross tires for the magazine. Every one of the old-school European guys I've been in contact with have mentioned Barum tires, and I'd never heard of them nor seen them before. It sounds like they were some of the best tires of their day. Thanks again for the information.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Mayhew on January 21, 2011 at 3:50pm

You should hit up Adam Myerson or Paul Curley.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Mayhew on January 21, 2011 at 4:00pm

According to Myerson they were a precursor to Tufo. He was sponsored by them at some point.

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Permalink Reply by Charles South on January 21, 2011 at 4:36pm

I think I have one around somewhere.  It still is mounted on a wheel and holds air.  Tough tires rarely punctured.  All 28s.  The road versions were also tough, but road like a rock.

Chuck South

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Permalink Reply by Chris Mayhew on January 22, 2011 at 3:17pm

http://www.troc-velo.com/images/img0n422320.jpg

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Permalink Reply by Dan Werle on January 23, 2011 at 1:49pm

Wow! That is awesome. I've never seen that tread. Thanks for posting this. I'll try and get ahold of Adam; I'm interested to hear his thoughts on how those tires were.

Thanks again for posting the photo.

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Permalink Reply by elmar on February 17, 2011 at 9:54pm

i have got a lot old cx-tires

what do you wanno know-have ?

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Permalink Reply by Dan Werle on February 20, 2011 at 8:21pm

Hi Elmar,  Thanks for chiming in. Really, I'm looking for images of the older Barum, Wolber, Clement, and Hutchinson tires. Several riders have talked about the Hutchinsons; although, I didn't realize that they made tubulars for cyclo-cross many years ago. If you have any to share, please send them along to me. I think they would help the article a lot.

 

Thanks again Elmar. I appreciate your response.

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Permalink Reply by Ariel Brown on March 3, 2011 at 10:37am

Dan,

I have a nice sampling of a few old cyclocross tubulars.

I've got a pair of unused Barums, with what I call the "dot" pattern, and are very narrow, I doubt wider than 27c. (previously owned by Andy Hampsten). I might be trying to sell these soon to finance new cyclocross goodness.

I've got a used Wolber with the same "dot" pattern, also close to 27c.

I'm currently commuting on a set of chevron-treaded "UFO cyclocross" that measure 27mm.. (That's right, "UFO" evidently became "TUFO" and I wish I knew the story there).

Not quite as old I've got a TUFO "Rhino"

 

I'll try to compile some photographic evidence when I'm home this evening.

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