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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: Rene Herse "New type of tire"
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 11:02:58 -0500
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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.


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- Frank Krygowski