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From: sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
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Subject: Re: Rene Herse "New type of tire"
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 05:28:53 -0800
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On 1/7/2025 3:38 PM, James 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.
Yet they filed for a patent!

I think that I'd prefer this one: <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4981KJR>

Same smooth center strip but the knobby part is more suitable for gravel.