In the '70s some of us teens were into both bicycles and motorcycles and spent a lot of time staring at things we couldn't afford in various shops. One somewhat odd place in our upstate NY town sold Czech CZ and Jawa motorcycles; CZ had some success in the the motocross world. At one point this shop had some Favorit road bikes for sale which, in retrospect, seemed like quite usable machines. Fairly light, and with a bunch of Czech components, including Barum sew-up tires (same brand as on the CZs), but as Campy-obsessed kids we weren't too interested.

I always wonder what happened to some of these companines, e.g. is there any connection between some contemporary Czech products (Tufo tires, Fort frames) and the past?

Joe