Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Frank Krygowski Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Rene Herse "New type of tire" Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 18:20:51 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: <6rdtnj5r4l7vscbpb60ca789j1oapqbtj3@4ax.com> Reply-To: frkrygow@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:20:52 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6602d356175a965ad233d8fcdac5773a"; logging-data="3769772"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX190ObW2L0OMxbOlNlPtBlt0OSiVMKk+OM0=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:2C8iLUhVQlbXbaPdvX0Zib57cCM= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2891 On 1/9/2025 4:20 PM, Zen Cycle wrote: >> On 1/9/2025 8:46 AM, floriduh dumbass wrote: >>> On Wed, 8 Jan 2025 16:09:43 -0500, Frank Krygowski >>> 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? >> > > This is a discussion forum, dumbass. If you don't want to discuss > something, shut the fuck up. +1 But he has a psychological problem. He's absolutely compelled to whine and nag at me at every opportunity. What a miserable old man! -- - Frank Krygowski