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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: Rene Herse "New type of tire"
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 11:57:21 -0500
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On 1/9/2025 8:46 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Jan 2025 16:09:43 -0500, Frank Krygowski
> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> I'd be a bit interested in exactly how a small company's "new" tire
>> comes to market.
>>
>> Obviously, Rene Herse Inc. does not make any parts of the tire. I
>> suspect Jan Heine and crew select from a menu of choices regarding
>> beads, fabrics, perhaps adhesives and whatever else matters regarding
>> the casing. I wonder exactly how those factors differ from other tires -
>> especially the Paselas that I usually use.
>>
>> I imagine the recipe for tread rubber is also pretty much a menu choice,
>> affecting longevity vs. traction and/or other factors. It sounds like he
>> gets to choose the tread design, so effectively the design of the mold
>> for the tread rubber, which I suppose will be used only for his brand.
>> That cost has to be amortized over the total sales of that model of tire.
> 
> So, yeah, pretty much like how most everything else comes to market,
> so why does the marketing of this tire need your speculative analysis?

Why do my posts need _your_ speculative analysis?

I was expressing some curiosity, hoping to learn something.

It seems that attitude is so unfamiliar to you that you find it to be 
incomprehensible.

-- 
- Frank Krygowski