Originally Posted By: ClapperZapper

Have any of you ever seen an antique bicycle with laminate tubes?


Interesting question, and I don't know the answer.

Does anyone know if these companies were making their own tubes or buying them from a manufacturer?

Reynolds was making tubes by 1889 in Birmingham, and got a patent for making butted tubes in 1897. I suspect that if there were ever laminate tubed bikes built, they would have been during the 1889-1897 period and I bet Reynolds would be the place to look.