NON-FRENCH TIRES

[Gocycle]

I is time to purchase numerous tires as the long winter has ended.

I would prefer not to purchase French made tires. Can somebody please list tires manufactured in
another country that is of good quality? Thank you, Luigi

 

[George F. Johns]

>From: [email protected]

>I would prefer not to purchase French made tires

You are an ass.

George F. Johnson

 

[George F. Johns]

>From: [email protected]

>You are an ass.

Sorry, I take that back. I'm not going to lower myself to these levels. You have my apology, but I
can't help you on the non-French tires.

George F. Johnson

 

[Joshua Curd]

I believe Continentals are German. Not much better, but they aren't French.

"GoCycle" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I is time to purchase numerous tires as the long winter has ended.
>
> I would prefer not to purchase French made tires. Can somebody please list tires manufactured in
> another country that is of good quality? Thank you, Luigi

 

[Richard Ney]

GoCycle writes:

> I is time to purchase numerous tires as the long winter has ended.
>
> I would prefer not to purchase French made tires. Can somebody please list tires manufactured in
> another country that is of good quality?

Avocet Road tires are quite good. And you can buy them direct from Avocet.

 

[Andresmuro]

I almost forgot, no more wheels with mavic rims, SRAM chains.....

Andres

 

[Andresmuro]

I don't know where Avocet is from, but it sounds quite French, so we need to boycott it too. Lets
not watch the Tour the France, No more French Vanilla ice-cream. Down with the Grand Prix. No more
driving Chevrolets. Lets not drink any more Pasteurized milk and beer, and don't forget that you are
only allowed lip to lip kissing.

I had already mentioned returning the statue of Liberty, the washington monumet and not going to DC
anymore. I have to go to louissiana in May, but I may have to cancel that trip..

Andres

 

[Michael Dart]

"GoCycle" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I is time to purchase numerous tires as the long winter has ended.
>
> I would prefer not to purchase French made tires. Can somebody please list tires manufactured in
> another country that is of good quality? Thank you, Luigi

That's it Luigi, hit 'em where it hurts!!!!!

Mike - still gonna buy my new Mavic 321's

 

[A Muzi]

"GoCycle" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I is time to purchase numerous tires as the long winter has ended.
>
> I would prefer not to purchase French made tires. Can somebody please list tires manufactured in
> another country that is of good quality?

It was not all that long ago (1970s) that I was excoriated regularly in my shop for selling
Inoue/IRC and Panaracer Japanese tires and other Japanese products. We still carry them. Both
companies supply a nice range of road and MTB tires in various styles at various prices.

When I had just started working here, the manager, Sean Morris, was asked by a customer for a patch
kit. Sean handed him a Maruni/Earth brand Japanese patch kit. The customer said he couldn't buy that
because of "the whales". Sean picked up a Rema kit and asked "World War II?, six million Jews?". The
customer took the German one.

You can really go too far with this stuff. In fact the poor slobs making bicycle goods are hardly in
a position to influence national policy. And what country or group _is_ pure enough?

--
Andrew Muzi http://www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April 1971

 

[A Muzi]

"AndresMuro" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I almost forgot, no more wheels with mavic rims, SRAM chains.....

SRAM chain is made in Portugal, a country not usually picked on.

--
Andrew Muzi http://www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April 1971

 

[Drew Eckhardt]

In article <[email protected]>, GoCycle <[email protected]> wrote:
>I is time to purchase numerous tires as the long winter has ended.
>
>I would prefer not to purchase French made tires. Can somebody please list tires manufactured in
>another country that is of good quality?

Continental.

Deutschland über alles
--
<a href="http://www.poohsticks.org/drew/">Home Page</a> The Congress shall assemble at least once in
every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law
appoint a different Day.

 

[David Reuteler]

A Muzi <[email protected]> wrote:
: SRAM chain is made in Portugal, a country not usually picked on.

just to chime in .. avocet is from california, a state that often is (and rightfully so!) picked on.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/wild/birds/avocet.htm

nice tires, too. i use the duros.
--
david reuteler [email protected]

 

[Mike Krueger]

<< I would prefer not to purchase French made tires. Can somebody please list tires manufactured in
another country that is of good quality? Thank you, Luigi >>

Veloflex-Italy Vittoria-Thailand Vredestein-Netherlands

 

[Rich Clark]

"Drew Eckhardt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, GoCycle
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >I is time to purchase numerous tires as the long winter has ended.
> >
> >I would prefer not to purchase French made tires. Can somebody please list tires manufactured in
> >another country that is of good quality?
>
> Continental.
>
> Deutschland über alles

Is that why my last pair of TT2k's were stamped "Made in Thailand"?

RichC

 

[Jobst Brandt]

David Reuteler writes:

> Just to chime in... Avocet is from California, a state that often is (and rightfully so!)
> picked on.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/wild/birds/avocet.htm

> Nice tires, too. I use the duros.

On that same line, there are more good shots under "Avocet" at:

http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/fauna/com-Bird.html

The original Avocet logo was a linoleum cut from a Christmas Card I made in 1973 that my friends who
run Avocet thought was a good emblem. I usually make a linoleum-cut bird motif for a Christmas card
because there are so many lovely and distinctive birds from which to choose, be they the Stelvio
eagle or the lowly "Trogoladytes trogoladytes" the Winter wren:

http://birds.cornell.edu/BOW/WINWRE/

Jobst Brandt [email protected] Palo Alto CA

 

[David Reuteler]

[email protected] wrote:
: David Reuteler writes:
:> Just to chime in... Avocet is from California, a state that often is (and rightfully so!)
:> picked on.

Subtle.
--
david reuteler [email protected]

 

[GearóId Ó Laoi]

You can buy "Freedom Tires" made by the Bush and Rumsfeld company of Washington DC from recycled
Iraqi Presidential buttocks.

 

[Lou Holtman]

"GoCycle" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I is time to purchase numerous tires as the long winter has ended.
>
> I would prefer not to purchase French made tires. Can somebody please list tires manufactured in
> another country that is of good quality? Thank you, Luigi

Boy, I like this newsgroup. Vivre la France and God bless America.

Lou

 

[Bruce]

A Muzi wrote:

>
> SRAM chain is made in Portugal, a country not usually picked on.

Portugal! Arn't they the ones responsible for the mess in Angola, Mozambique and East Timor?

And how many people have been killed by the portuguese man-o-war? Boycott now!

 

[Harris]

"GoCycle" wrote:

> I is time to purchase numerous tires as the long winter has ended.
>
> I would prefer not to purchase French made tires. Can somebody please list tires manufactured in
> another country that is of good quality?

If you'd prefer to buy tires made in the country that attacked the US at Pearl Harbor, you have
several choices. IRC and Avocet are good.

Art Harris