Originally Posted by
Chuckk
I think a comparison to Univega, Nishiki, Takara, Sekai, Centurion and the like would be more appropriate since I don't think Specialized ever ran a retail shop for other brand names like PBS, Nashbar or SuperGo.
Seems like they went from a component specialty importer like Avocet to full line bike importer.
Their Turbo tires were out of this world compared to other clinchers.
Yes, Turbos, I went thorugh all of then in the 80's.... Soooo much better than the Michelin Bibsport foldable clinchers from back then....
Turbo S, Turbo R, Turbo VS...... All great fast and very light tires! Loved their latex tubes too. I had one set of the latex tubes last me from the 80's into early 2000's Only reason it failed was the old Turbo VS tire sidewall that was encasing it finally split and blew up from dry rot.... Lucky I wasn't riding the bike at the time....