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From: Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
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Subject: Re: Everyone has a list
Date: 31 Dec 2024 00:09:40 GMT
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AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
> https://www.renehersecycles.com/innovations-of-the-last-25-years/
> 
> One man's opinion, that.
> 
> I did a double take on wool clothing (some of my own is very 
> old indeed). Why is this fabric on this list?  Mrs 
> Holdsworth was sewing wool shorts for her sons a hundred 
> years ago and made a very good business of it!

Does seem a slightly curious list as ever, while as ever by bikes he means
road bikes, though that’s not limited to him.

I’d also not say innovation for disks or wide tires, as certainly disks
that was just a matter of time. Ie they were being used on MTB and CX bikes
existing which is how certainly in uk it started ie CX bikes such as the
Specialised Tricross which was used for fast comfortable commuters and
hacking around the woods, and where sold to be used like that, ie wider
range of gears bottle cages and a less sharp geometry and so on.

Wool even if merino not sure I’d say that’s a game changer, more of meh.

I think as ever it’s fairly light on technical more on his opinions.

Roger Merriman