Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: sms Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Rene Herse "New type of tire" Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 05:28:53 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: scharf.steven@geemail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:28:55 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3b1ffe09591c496c9d6bbc9b5d5cc02e"; logging-data="52062"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18yk7wjxHZOiYy0ecL4aoe0" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:OK55+APoiOK0gBO0fQFVQKFRNWE= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1569 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: Same smooth center strip but the knobby part is more suitable for gravel.