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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Subject: Re: Rene Herse "New type of tire"
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 12:36:07 -0500
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On Wed, 8 Jan 2025 11:02:58 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>On 1/8/2025 2:34 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:
>> James <james.e.steward@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> https://www.renehersecycles.com/700x44-corkscrew-climb-a-new-type-of-tire/
>>>
>>> Of course, I just keep a pair of worn knobby tyres that have become
>>> slick in the center section.  I rode them yesterday.  102km with 36km on
>>> gravel roads.
>>>
>>> Is this really new?
>>>
>>> I don't think so.  Maybe new to them.
>>>
>> 
>> Indeed it very much looks like some of the more street tyres for MTB’s
>> you’d see in the 1980’s and so on!
>
>Like many or most marketers, I think Jan Heine is touting nearly 
>imperceptible differences.

On the other hand, there's no such thing as "too many choices."

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C'est bon
Soloman