Re: Rene Herse "New type of tire"

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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/
 
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.
 

 
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.
 
 

It’s just a semi slick tyre of which some have slick central with side
knobs as Schwalbe RS does

<https://www.schwalbe.com/en/Schwalbe-G-One-RS-11654396>

Or some have a central raised ridge be that solid or close packed knobs,
such as the Specialized Pathfinder which is as old the hills! Fairly sure
it was a hybrid tyre before being rebadged as Gravel!

<https://www.specialized.com/gb/en/pathfinder-pro-2bliss-ready/p/157870?color=237517-157870&searchText=00021-4410>

And this is very much would give like the Corkscrew a more rounded profile,
unlike the RS which on hard surfaces you’d feel the side knobs engage.

Revolutionary my arse! Zero difference in terms of tyre profile both are
firmly 20th century ideas!

Roger Merriman