Re: Rene Herse "New type of tire"

On 1/8/2025 2:34 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:

James <james.e.steward@gmail.com> wrote:

https://www.renehersecycles.com/700x44-corkscrew-climb-a-new-type-of-tire/
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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.
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Is this really new?
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I don't think so.  Maybe new to them.
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 Indeed it very much looks like some of the more street tyres for MTB’s
you’d see in the 1980’s and so on!

Like many or most marketers, I think Jan Heine is touting nearly imperceptible differences.
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- Frank Krygowski