Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Roger Merriman Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: 750d tyres in the wild! Date: 3 Apr 2025 20:54:07 GMT Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net qjO+Dwysl2M2zg9WF6NBMgegIaHg0hKdTEHt7G0ahqBeOzcX5/ Cancel-Lock: sha1:92g996ClhLy3iaOGunBZ3+TXWVE= sha1:5vR1HghbaUrz4iJE66EXZKYsjo8= sha256:l+2EQ6J3Ha4B6pf9svUf7clY4nBK0uCTMWu+99Eu7Wg= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPad) Bytes: 1995 Catrike Ryder wrote: > On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 12:50:44 -0500, AMuzi wrote: > >> On 4/3/2025 11:41 AM, Roger Merriman wrote: >>> https://youtu.be/VqBeIvvv-j4?si=gT_mjrMSTPVff0mO >>> >>> Much like David Arthur (the reviewer) I’m unconvinced by it! Maybe small >>> market for the guys in the 6”5/7 range? >>> >>> But otherwise seems a slightly more stable more sluggish but otherwise >>> rather just the same, which isn’t wildly compelling one to sell of my >>> Gravel bike for a newer bigger one! >>> >>> Roger Merriman >>> >>> >>> >> >> I made a flippant comment, 'Why not even more tire sizes?' >> >> Then this appeared in my email: >> >> https://bikerumor.com/32-mtb-tires-maxxis-aspen-prototype-taipei-show/ > > Why not... > > Unlike some RBT members, I think new and different stuff is wonderful. > I've spent a great deal of my life experimenting with something new > and different. Satisfaction is not something I'll never have. > > -- > C'est bon > Soloman > Oh sure it’s interesting ideas and all that, this said I’m unconvinced it has much value but I’m open to being convinced otherwise! Roger Merriman